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Abu Rayhana Shimun

أبو ريحانة

Shimun ibn Yazid ibn Khunaqa, Abu Rayhana, a Companion who took part in the conquest of Damascus. He narrated from the Prophet ﷺ, and Mujahid ibn Jabr and Shahr ibn Hawshab narrated from him. Ibn Hibban noted that his name is given as Shimun, or as Abd Allah ibn al-Nadr, the first being the sounder. 1

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Roles
Companion
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Rashidun Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Scripture and its sciences

Overview

Abu Rayhana Shimun (may God be pleased with him), a Companion who witnessed the conquest of Damascus. 1

Transmission

He narrated from the Prophet; Abu al-Husayn al-Haytham ibn Shafi, Mujahid ibn Jabr and Shahr ibn Hawshab narrated from him. 1

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

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.3482
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The seven ahruf

The Prophet's saying 'the Qur'an was revealed in seven ahruf, so read of it what is easy' — narrated through Umar's dispute with Hisham ibn Hakim over Surat al-Furqan; its exact meaning is one of the widest debates in Qur'anic sciences.