Said ibn Yahya al-Umawi
سعيد بن يحيى الأموي
803 CE · 187 AH† †
† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.
The traditionist and jurist Abu Uthman Said ibn Yahya ibn Said ibn Aban al-Umawi, of Kufan origin who settled in Baghdad; he transmitted hadith from his paternal uncles and from scholars of his time.
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Uthman Sa'id ibn Yahya ibn Sa'id ibn Aban al-Umawi, a traditionist and jurist. His origins were in Kufa, and he settled in Baghdad. He narrated hadith from his paternal uncles and from the scholars of his age 1.
Death
The encyclopedia gives his death as 249 AH, corresponding to 803 CE. The two dates do not match, so only the printed Common Era year has been recorded. This needs an additional source 1.
People and things also explored
The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· Command, prohibition and capacity· Bid'a (religious innovation)· Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Said ibn Yahya al-Umawi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/said-ibn-yahya-al-umawi-abu-uthman/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.