Al-A'mash, Sulayman ibn Mihran

Abu Muhammad Sulayman ibn Mihran al-A'mash, a hadith transmitter, reciter of the Qur'an and expert in the laws of inheritance. He was given the nickname al-A'mash because of weakness in his sight. ¹

Accounts differ on his place of birth. The encyclopaedia says he was born in 61 AH (680 CE) and died in 148 AH (765 CE). ¹

He is named in the sources as a transmitter of hadith. ^{1 2}

Al-A'mash, Abu Muhammad Sulayman b. Mihran, was a traditionist and a reader of the Qur'an, who lived at al-Kufa. ³

He was born in 60/679-80 (or on 10 Muharram 61/10 October 681, by another reckoning) of a Persian father, and he probably died in Rabi' I 148/May 765. He received traditions from al-Zuhri and Anas b. Malik. His teachers in Qur'anic reading included Mujahid, al-Nakha'i, Yahya b. Waththam and 'Asim, and Hamza was his disciple. ³

His reading followed the tradition of Ibn Mas'ud and Ubayy and was counted among the recognized readings. He was a great admirer of 'Ali, and he is said to have supplied the poet al-Sayyid al-Himyari with material for the eulogies he composed in honour of that caliph. ³