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Adam ibn Abi Iyas

آدم بن أبي إياس

Adam ibn Abi Iyas, whose father was Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Shu'ayb, Abu al-Hasan al-Asqalani al-Khurasani al-Marwazi, a memorizer and imam called the shaykh of Sham, known for holding fast to the Sunna. He narrated from Abu Dhi'b, Mubarak ibn Fadala and Shu'ba, and al-Bukhari, Ahmad ibn al-Azhar, Abu Zur'a and Abu Hatim narrated from him. Abu Hatim called him trustworthy and reliable; Ahmad ibn Hanbal said he held a strong place with Shu'ba. He sought hadith in Baghdad, travelled to Kufa, Basra, the Hijaz, Egypt and Sham, and settled in Asqalan until he died there. The book gives his dates as 132-220 AH 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Levant & Iraq
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Adam ibn Abi Iyas, whose father was Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Shu'ayb, Abu al-Hasan al-Asqalani al-Khurasani al-Marwazi, a memorizer and imam called the shaykh of Sham, known for holding fast to the Sunna. He narrated from Abu Dhi'b, Mubarak ibn Fadala and Shu'ba, and al-Bukhari, Ahmad ibn al-Azhar, Abu Zur'a and Abu Hatim narrated from him. Abu Hatim called him trustworthy and reliable; Ahmad ibn Hanbal said he held a strong place with Shu'ba. He sought hadith in Baghdad, travelled to Kufa, Basra, the Hijaz, Egypt and Sham, and settled in Asqalan until he died there. The book gives his dates as 132-220 AH 1.

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  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.13742
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