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'Ubayd Allah ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Utba

عبيد الله بن عبد الله بن عتبة

One of the great scholars — al-Zuhri: 'I thought I had attained some knowledge until I sat with 'Ubayd Allah ibn 'Abd Allah; he was as the sea' 1.

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Ubayd Allah ibn Abd Allah ibn Utba, one of the senior people of learning. al-Mas'udi transmits the saying of al-Zuhri: "I used to think that I had attained knowledge, until I sat with Ubayd Allah ibn Abd Allah, and he was like the sea" 2.

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Mentioned in
Muwatta 165· Muwatta 208· Muwatta 296· Muwatta 420· Muwatta 426· Muwatta 494· Muwatta 516· Muwatta 538· Muwatta 1436· Muwatta 1542· Muwatta 1718· Muwatta 1801· Muwatta 2252· Muwatta 2772· Muwatta 2785· Muwatta 806· Muwatta 1015· Muwatta 1351

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Muhammad ibn Shihab al-Zuhri· Muwatta, Book of Prayer· Muhammad· Abdullah ibn Abbas· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Malik ibn Anas· Salah (the prescribed prayer)· Muwatta, Book of Miscellaneous (al-jami')

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  1. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 154
  2. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.154
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