At a glance
- Roles
- muhaddith · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Arabia
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- TransmitterTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
In brief
Amr b. Dinar, the memoriser and imam, scholar of the sanctuary, Abu Muhammad al-Jumahi their client of Mecca, lamed; born about 46 AH, he heard Ibn Abbas, Ibn Umar, Jabir b. Abdallah, Mujalid b. Abda, Ikrima the client of Ibn Abbas, Tawus, and others. Shu'ba, Ibn Jurayj, the two Sufyans, Warqa', and many more narrated from him. 1
His standing
Shu'ba said "I have never seen anyone firmer in hadith than Amr", Ibn al-Mahdi reports Shu'ba telling him "I have not seen the like of Amr b. Dinar", Ibn Uyayna said "no one among us was more learned, more knowing, or better at memorising than Amr b. Dinar", and Abdallah b. Abi Najih said "I never saw anyone more deeply versed in fiqh than Amr, nor Ata', Mujahid, or Tawus". He used to divide the night in thirds — a third in sleep, a third reviewing his hadith, a third in prayer — and would preach from the pulpit. 2
His death
Al-Waqidi says he lived eighty years; al-Dhahabi dates his death to the opening of 126 AH, counting him among the four whom the memoriser Ibn al-Mufaddal confirmed in the first rank: al-Zuhri, Amr b. Dinar, Qatada, and Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i. 2
Connections
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 2620
People and things also explored
Malik ibn Anas· Qadar (divine decree)· Muwatta, Book of Miscellaneous (al-jami')· Muwatta 2620· The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira
Sources
- Tadhkirat al-huffaz — al-Dhahabi , j.1 p.110-111
- Tadhkirat al-huffaz — al-Dhahabi , j.1 p.111
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
- The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005)
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islam.museum contributors. “Amr ibn Dinar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/amr-ibn-dinar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.