Al-A'mash, Sulayman ibn Mihran
الأعمش سليمان بن مهران
680 CE · 61 AH – 765 CE · 148 AH
A hadith scholar, reciter and expert in inheritance law, nicknamed al-A'mash for weakness of sight. Accounts of his birthplace differ.
At a glance
- Roles
- muhaddith · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Scripture and its sciencesDevelopment of law, theology and institutions
Place in the story
- TransmitterTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-A'mash, Sulayman ibn Mihran”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-amash-sulayman-ibn-mihran/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.