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Abdallah ibn Malik al-Jayshani

عبد الله بن مالك الجيشاني

One of the jurists among the Successors in Egypt. Al-Shirazi mentions him together with Abd al-Rahman ibn Usayla al-Sunabihi and says that both were among the companions of Umar. Al-Shirazi does not give his date of death on these pages 1.

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Sunni
Region
Egypt & Nile
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Abd Allah ibn Malik al-Jaysh-ani, Abu Tamim, one of the jurists of the Successors in Egypt. Al-Shirazi mentions him with Abd al-Rahman ibn Usayla al-Sunabihi, and says that they were among the companions of Umar. 1

Al-Shirazi does not give his date of death in these pages; a second source is needed.

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The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an· Bid'a (religious innovation)

Sources

  1. Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi) , p. 41
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