'Ikrima, Ibn 'Abbas's mawla

عكرمة مولى ابن عباس

Ibn 'Abbas's mawla and his sparring partner on the bound son — dead in 105, the same day as Kathir 'Azza 1.

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Ikrima, known by the kunya Abu Abdallah, a client of Abdallah ibn Abbas. He died in 105 AH. 2

The disputation

Al-Mas'udi says that he disputed with his master over the one who was commanded to be sacrificed: was it Isaac or Ishmael? He argued for Isaac from the Qur'an. 2

Death

He died in 105 AH, on the day that Kuthayyir Azza died. People said: "The greatest of the jurists and the chief of the poets have died." In the same year al-Sha'bi also died. 2

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Mentioned in
Muwatta 20· Muwatta 783· Muwatta 1137

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Abdullah ibn Abbas· Muwatta, Book of Prayer· Muwatta, Book of Fasting· Muwatta, Book of Pilgrimage (hajj)· ابن عبد البر· Muhammad· Salah (the prescribed prayer)· Muwatta 20

Sources

  1. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 376-377
  2. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.376-377
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