غياث بن إبراهيم
غياث بن إبراهيم
A hadith-transmitter to al-Mahdi who grafted 'or wing' onto Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him)'s 'no wager save on hoof or arrowhead' to win the prize; granted ten thousand dirhams, then exposed — 'the back of your head is a liar's' — and the pigeons slaughtered 1.
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- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Overview
Ghiyath ibn Ibrahim, one of those who narrated hadith to the Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi. In the hadith of Abu Hurayra, "There is no racing except in hoof or arrow", he added the word "or wing", hoping for the prize. Al-Mahdi ordered that he be given ten thousand dirhams, and then said to him: "I testify that your nape is the nape of a liar", and ordered the doves slaughtered. This is al-Suyuti's report. 1
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 445
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islam.museum contributors. “غياث بن إبراهيم”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ghiyath-ibn-ibrahim/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.