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Abu Masud al-Badri

أبو مسعود البدري

A Companion of Badr who transmits 'what people have retained of the speech of the first prophethood: if you feel no shame, do as you wish', the twentieth hadith of al-Nawawi's Forty, transmitted by al-Bukhari through Mansur ibn al-Mu'tamir from Rib'i ibn Hirash from him; its chain was disputed — some said Rib'i from Hudhayfa — but most of the memorising critics, al-Bukhari, Abu Zur'a and al-Daraqutni among them, ruled for the Abu Masud version, corroborated by Masruq's route from him.

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Overview

Abu Mas'ud al-Badri, whose name was Uqba ibn Amr ibn Tha'laba ibn Usayra al-Ansari, of the Banu al-Harith ibn al-Khazraj. He is known as al-Badri. 1

Lineage

Abu Nu'aym says he was the son of Tha'laba ibn Yusayra; it is also said Usayra ibn Asayra ibn Judara ibn Awf ibn al-Harith. 2

Badr and al-Aqaba

The people of Kufa count him among those of Badr, but the people of Medina did not list him among the men of Badr. He witnessed the pledge of al-Aqaba. 3 Ibn Lahi'a relates from Urwa, in naming those who witnessed the pledge of al-Aqaba from the Banu al-Harith ibn al-Khazraj, Uqba ibn Amr, known as Abu Mas'ud. 3

Kufa

Ali ibn Abi Talib (may God be pleased with him) appointed him as deputy over Kufa when he went out to Siffin. 3

Those who transmitted from him

Among those who transmitted from him were Abd Allah ibn Yazid al-Khatmi (may God be pleased with him), Abu Wa'il, Alqama, Qays ibn Abi Hazim, Abu Ma'mar, Aws ibn Dama'j, Masruq, Rab'i ibn Hirash, and others. 3

For young visitors

Abu Mas'ud al-Badri was one of the Ansar. He witnessed the pledge of al-Aqaba, and Ali made him deputy over Kufa. The people of Kufa and of Medina differ about whether he witnessed Badr.

Notes for researchers

  • The disagreement about his presence at Badr is reported by Abu Nu'aym from the people of Kufa and Medina; we have not decided between them.
  • The transmitters named in this entry are given in abbreviated form in the scanned text on page 2182, so the names should be checked before relying on them.

Connections

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Mentioned in
Arba'un 20 — if you feel no shame, do as you wish· Muslim 1893 — Whoever points to good earns the doer's reward· Muwatta 1· Muwatta 457· Muwatta 1918

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Muhammad· Muwatta, Book of Prayer· Muhammad ibn Shihab al-Zuhri· Salah (the prescribed prayer)· Haya (modesty)· Muwatta, Book of Sales (buyu')· al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba· Bashir ibn Sa'd

Sources

  1. Ma'rifat al-sahaba — Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani , p.2181-2182
  2. Ma'rifat al-sahaba — Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani , p.2181
  3. Ma'rifat al-sahaba — Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani , p.2182
  • Jami' al-Ulum wal-Hikam — Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali
  • Asma al-Matalib fi Sirat Ali ibn Abi Talib, vol. 1 — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi
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