Masruq ibn al-Ajda'
مسروق بن الأجدع
683 CE · 63 AH
One of the senior Successors (tabi'un), who transmitted hadith and was known for the Qur'anic readings. Several kunyas are given for him in the sources.
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · muhaddith
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Arabia
- 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
Learning and transmission
He received learning from Abdallah ibn Mas'ud. 2
Death
The encyclopaedia gives his death as 63 AH (683 CE), according to a commonly transmitted report. 1
Connections
- Studied under
- Abdullah ibn Mas'ud
People and things also explored
الأسود بن يزيد النخعي· The three years of the secret call· Stipends of Heirs and the Dead· The Battle of Badr· The burial of Dhu al-Bijadayn at Tabuk· The death of Abu Dharr at al-Rabadha· The death of Abu Jahl at Badr· The first migration to Abyssinia
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
- Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi)
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islam.museum contributors. “Masruq ibn al-Ajda'”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/masruq-ibn-al-ajda/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.