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Al-Hasan ibn Arafa al-Abdi

الحسن بن عرفة العبدي

Al-Hasan ibn Arafa ibn Yazid, Abu Ali al-Abdi al-Baghdadi, a hadith scholar, learned in the Arab days and in biography, reliable and widely read. He narrated from Ammar ibn Muhammad and Isa ibn Yunus, and al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah narrated from him. The page dates his death to 257 AH. 1

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Scholar
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Sunni
Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Al-Hasan ibn Arafa al-Abdi of Baghdad, a hadith scholar learned in the Arab days and in biography (d. 257 AH). 1

Transmission

He narrated from Ammar ibn Muhammad, Isa ibn Yunus and Abu Bakr ibn Ayyash; al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah narrated from him. 1

People and things also explored

The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an· Bid'a (religious innovation)

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.3485
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The seven ahruf

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