Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla
محمد بن عبد الرحمن بن أبي ليلى
c. 693 CE · 74 AH – c. 765 CE · 148 AH
At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Abu Abd al-Rahman Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla al-Ansari, judge of Kufa and one of its jurists. 1
Dates
Al-Shirazi says that he was born in 74 AH and died in 148 AH, at the age of seventy-two. 1 The figures do not agree with the years of birth and death, and need a second source.
Teachers and pupils
He learned jurisprudence from al-Sha'bi and al-Hakam ibn Utayba, and from him took Sufyan al-Thawri and al-Hasan ibn Salih ibn Hayy. 1
Al-Shirazi relates a saying of Sufyan al-Thawri: "Our jurists are Ibn Abi Layla and Ibn Shubruma." 1
Connections
- Studied under
- al-Sha'bi· al-Hakam ibn 'Utayba
People and things also explored
Sources
- Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi), p.45
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