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.

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Roles
muhaddith · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Umayyad Period
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Life in time

625650675700725750775800825 c. c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Sulayman ibn Tarkhan al-Taymi · Al-Awza'i, Abd al-Rahman ibn Amr · Malik ibn Anas · Hammad ibn Zayd · Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi

Scripture and its sciencesDevelopment of law, theology and institutions

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  • TransmitterTradition

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Sources

  • Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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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.

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