Yazid ibn al-Qa'qa'
يزيد بن القعقاع
660 CE · 40 AH – 747 CE · 130 AH
One of the ten well-known canonical reciters, from Medina.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Arabia
- 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
Yazid ibn al-Qa'qa' al-Makhzumi al-Madani, one of the ten well-known readers of the Qur'an, from the people of Medina 1.
Dates
He was born in 40 AH and died in 130 AH, according to the encyclopedia 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. “Yazid ibn al-Qa'qa'”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/yazid-ibn-al-qaqa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.