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- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Overview
Asbagh ibn al-Faraj ibn Sa'id ibn Nafi', the scholar of Egypt Abu 'Abdallah al-Umawi by clientage, the Egyptian Maliki, born after 150 AH. 2
Pursuit of knowledge
He began seeking knowledge when already a grown youth, so Malik and al-Layth eluded him; he learned instead from his brother 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd, Hatim ibn Isma'il, 'Isa ibn Yunus al-Sabi'i, 'Abdallah ibn Wahb and Ibn al-Qasim — taking fiqh from the last two and amassing abundant knowledge. 2
Standing and death
Al-Bukhari, Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Tirmidhi, Yahya ibn Ma'in, al-Rabi' ibn Sulayman al-Jizi and many others narrated from him. Yahya ibn Ma'in said he was among God's most knowledgeable creation in Malik's opinions, knowing each issue, when Malik had ruled it and who had differed; Abu Hatim called him the most eminent of Ibn Wahb's companions. He died with four nights left of Shawwal 225 AH, having been mentioned for the judgeship in the amir 'Abdallah ibn Tahir's council before Sa'id ibn 'Ufayr preceded him. 2
Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
- Siyar a'lam al-nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Ideas House International edition, 2004) , p.1144
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