عيسى بن عمر الهمداني

عيسى بن عمر الهمداني

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Isa ibn Umar, Abu Umar al-Hamdani al-Kufi, a client of Banu Asad and a Qur'an reader. ¹ He took the readings by direct recitation from Talha ibn Musarrif, Asim ibn Bahdala and al-A'mash; al-Kisa'i and Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Hammad read to him. ² He narrated from Ata' ibn Abi Rabah and Hammad al-Faqih; Ibn al-Mubarak, Waki', Abu Nu'aym and Khallad ibn Yahya narrated from him. ² Ibn Ma'in and others rated him trustworthy, and al-Ajli called him a leading reader of Kufa in the Qur'an. ²