Muhammad ibn Shihab al-Zuhri
محمد بن شهاب الزهري
The scholar who read out Sulayman's sealed succession at Marj Dabiq — 'do you accept whom the Commander named in his will?' — naming 'Umar then Yazid 1.
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Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, a scholar of Medina. He was with Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik at Marj Dabiq when death came to him. He wrote his testament and had it witnessed by Raja' ibn Haywa and Makhul. When he was buried, al-Zuhri rose and asked the people: "Are you content with the one whom the Commander of the Faithful named in his testament?" Then he read the document, in which were the name of Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz and after him Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik. 2
Al-Salabi says that Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ordered him to collect the Sunan, and he wrote them out, volume by volume, and sent them to every land that had a ruler. He relates a saying of Umar: "Hold to Ibn Shihab, for no one remains who knows a past Sunna better than he." 3
Al-Mas'udi says that he died in 123 AH; al-Waqidi mentions that he died in 124 AH. 4
Connections
- Taught
- al-Layth ibn Sa'd
- Participated in
- Al-Ash'ath ibn Qays comes with the delegation of Kinda· The martyrdom of Farwa ibn Amr al-Judhami
- Mentioned in
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People and things also explored
Malik ibn Anas· Muwatta, Book of Prayer· Muhammad· Salah (the prescribed prayer)· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab· Abu Hurayra· Muwatta, Book of Divorce (talaq)
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 172-173
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.172-173
- الدولة الأموية: عوامل الازدهار وتداعيات الانهيار — علي محمد الصلابي (الجزء الثاني، 2005), p.298-300
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.192
- محمد قباني، الدولة الأموية من الميلاد إلى السقوط (دمشق، دار وحي القلم، 2006)
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