Umar ibn al-Ash'ath al-Taymi
عمر بن الأشعث التيمي
724 CE · 105 AH
Named after his grandfather Laja, not his father al-Ash'ath.
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- 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
Umar ibn al-Ash'ath ibn Lajr ibn Hudayr al-Taymi, a scholar of the Umayyad period, who died around the year 105 AH 1.
Lineage
The encyclopedia notes that he is ascribed to his grandfather Lajr, and not to his father al-Ash'ath 1.
The entry needs an additional source: the data does not detail his learning or his teachers.
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO, p.771
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islam.museum contributors. “Umar ibn al-Ash'ath al-Taymi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/umar-ibn-al-ash-ath-al-taymi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.