Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Makhzumi

Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham (may God be pleased with him) ibn al-Mughira al-Qurashi al-Makhzumi, the imam, one of the seven jurists of Medina and a chief of Banu Makhzum; the sound view is that his name is his kunya. He was blind and called "the monk of Quraysh" for his constant prayer. ²

He narrated from his father and from Ammar ibn Yasir (may God be pleased with him), Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari, Aisha, Umm Salama, Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him), Nawfal ibn Mu'awiya, Marwan ibn al-Hakam, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muti', Abu Rafi', Asma' bint Umays and others; his sons Abdallah and Abd al-Malik narrated from him, along with Mujahid, Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, al-Sha'bi, Urak ibn Malik, Amr ibn Dinar, al-Zuhri, Ikrama ibn Khalid and his nephew al-Qasim ibn Muhammad. Ibn Sa'd said he was born in Umar's caliphate; al-Waqidi said he was turned back as too young at the Camel, together with Urwa. ²

Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar counted him among the seven jurists of Medina, and al-Dhahabi said he combined knowledge, deeds and nobility. He died in 94 AH at Medina — the year called "the year of the jurists" for how many of them died in it — and it was also said 95; al-Waqidi reported that he prayed Asr, entered his bath, fell, and died before sunset. ²