At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist
- Counted among
- Sunni
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Overview
Abu 'Abdallah al-Zubayr ibn Ahmad ibn Sulayman ibn 'Abdallah ibn 'Asim ibn al-Mundhir ibn al-Zubayr ibn al-'Awwam — the erudite shaykh of the Shafi'is, Qurashi, Asadi, Zubayri, Basran, blind — a descendant of the Companion al-Zubayr ibn al-'Awwam. 1
Learning and works
A group studied fiqh under him and he held standing in the school; he read the Qur'an under Rawh ibn Qurra and others. Shaykh Abu Ishaq says he was blind and left many fine works, among them al-Kafi, al-Niyya, Satr al-'Awra, al-Hadiyya, al-Istishara wa-l-Istikhara, Riyadat al-Muta'allim and al-Imara. 1
Death
He died at Basra in Safar 320 AH — 317 is also reported — and his son Abu 'Asim led the funeral prayer. 1
Sources
- Siyar a'lam al-nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Ideas House International edition, 2004) , p.1710
- Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi)
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islam.museum contributors. “الزبير بن أحمد البصري”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-zubayr-ibn-ahmad-al-basri/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.