At a glance
- Roles
- muhaddith
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
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Life in time
Overview
Simak ibn Harb ibn Aws ibn Khalid al-Dhuhli al-Bakri, Abu al-Mughira of Kufa, was among the memorisers of Kufa in the first Islamic century. He narrated from leading Companions and Followers and died in 123 AH. 1
Teachers and students
He transmitted from Ibn al-Zubayr, al-Nu'man ibn Bashir, Jabir ibn Samura (may God be pleased with him), Anas ibn Malik (may God be pleased with him), Sa'id ibn Jubayr, Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, al-Hasan al-Basri and many others, and was a prolific narrator from 'Ikrima. Malik ibn Mighwal, Shu'ba, Sufyan al-Thawri, Za'ida, Sharik and other imams narrated from him, and al-Dhahabi counted him among the bearers of the proof in his home town. 2
Sources
- Siyar a'lam al-nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Ideas House International edition, 2004) , p.1936
- Siyar a'lam al-nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Ideas House International edition, 2004) , p.1936-1937
- al-Alam — al-Zirikli
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islam.museum contributors. “Simak ibn Harb”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/simak-ibn-harb/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-27.