Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- muhaddith
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
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Overview
Abu 'Awana — the imam, precise hafiz and traditionist of Basra al-Waddah ibn 'Abdallah al-Yashkuri; he narrated from Sufyan al-Thawri, Shu'ba, Qays ibn al-Rabi', al-Rabi' al-Zahrani, Muhammad ibn 'Ubayd ibn Hisab, Musaddad, Luwayn, Sa'id ibn Abi 'Aruba, Hammam and many others. 1
The critics on him
Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Qattan said: how like Sufyan's is his hadith — though on Qatada he is not that strong. 'Affan heard Shu'ba say: if Abu 'Awana narrates to you from his book it is sound, but his memory is worthless. He died in 176 AH. 2
Sources
- Siyar a'lam al-nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Ideas House International edition, 2004) , p.4119
- Siyar a'lam al-nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Ideas House International edition, 2004) , p.4119-4120
- al-Alam — al-Zirikli
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Waddah ibn Abdallah al-Yashkuri (Abu Awana)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-awana-al-yashkuri/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.