At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- TransmitterTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Abd al-Hamid ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Maymun al-Hammani al-Kufi, one of the travelling memorisers of hadith. He died in 228 AH (842 CE). 2
His life
He came to Baghdad and related hadith there from a great many people. He was the first to compile a Musnad in Kufa. 2
The date of his death is recorded from one source and needs an additional source.
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
- Tarikh Baghdad — al-Khatib al-Baghdadi , j.11 p.176-177
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Hammani Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Abd al-Hamid”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-hammani-abu-zakariyya-yahya-ibn-abd-al-hamid/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.