Hafs Abu Umar ibn Sulayman
حفص أبو عمر بن سليمان
709 CE · 90 AH – 796 CE · 180 AH
Well-known transmitter of the reading of Asim ibn Abi al-Najud and one of the seven canonical readers, reader of Kufa; died 180 AH (796 CE).
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- TransmitterTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Umar Hafs ibn Sulayman ibn al-Mughira al-Asadi al-Kufi, one of the well-known transmitters from Asim ibn Abi al-Najud, one of the Seven Readers, and reader of Kufa. 1.
His life
The encyclopaedia describes him as a trustworthy and precise reciter. It states that he was born in 90 AH (709 CE) and died in 180 AH (796 CE). 1.
The rest of his life needs an additional source.
People and things also explored
The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· Command, prohibition and capacity· Bid'a (religious innovation)· Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO, p.62
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islam.museum contributors. “Hafs Abu Umar ibn Sulayman”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/hafs-abu-umar-ibn-sulayman/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.