Qays ibn Abbad

قيس بن عباد

c. 704 CE · 85 AH

A Successor of Basra from the clan of Dabi'a ibn Qays; he transmitted from Umar, Ali and Sad ibn Abi Waqqas, and his son Abdallah, Ibn Sirin and Abu Nadra al-Abdi transmitted from him; Ibn Sad called him trustworthy and few in traditions 1.

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Roles
Scholar
Era
The Umayyad Period
Region
Arabia · Persia & Central Asia
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Life in time

625650675700725750775800 c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr · Abd al-Rahman ibn Ziyad ibn An'am · Abu Hanifa al-Nu'man ibn Thabit · A'isha bint Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas · Al-A'mash, Sulayman ibn Mihran

Overview

A Basran Successor of the Dabi'a clan of Qays. He transmitted from Umar, Ali and Sad ibn Abi Waqqas, and his son Abdallah, Ibn Sirin and Abu Nadra al-Abdi transmitted from him. Ibn Sad said he was trustworthy and few in traditions, and al-Nasai and others graded him trustworthy. 1

Death

The source gives it as about 85 AH, an approximation rather than a fixed date.

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.5158
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