At a glance
- Roles
- muhaddith
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- TransmitterTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Abd al-Rahman Abd Allah ibn Maslama ibn Qa'nab al-Qa'nabi al-Madani, a memoriser, devout, proof, and a great transmitter of hadith from the people of Medina. The "Encyclopaedia of the Biographies of Scholars and Men of Letters" gives his death as 216 AH. 1
The data goes no further than this; a second source is needed.
People and things also explored
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
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abd Allah ibn Maslama al-Qanabi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abd-allah-ibn-maslama-al-qanabi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.