At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Abu Amr al-Aswad ibn Yazid ibn Qays al-Nakha'i, one of the jurists of Kufa among the Successors, brother of Abd al-Rahman ibn Yazid and nephew of Alqama. Al-Shirazi says he died in 75 AH, and that Aisha said there was no man in Iraq more honoured by her than him. The editor notes another version of this phrase in the printed text. 2
He learned knowledge from Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud. 3
Connections
- Studied under
- Abdullah ibn Mas'ud
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 307
People and things also explored
Muhammad· Aisha bint Abi Bakr· The three years of the secret call· Stipends of Heirs and the Dead· The Battle of Badr· The burial of Dhu al-Bijadayn at Tabuk· The death of Abu Dharr at al-Rabadha· The death of Abu Jahl at Badr
Sources
- Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi) , p. 42
- Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi) , p.42
- Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi)
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Aswad ibn Yazid al-Nakha'i”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-aswad-ibn-yazid-al-nakhai/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.