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Azhar al-Samman, a friend of Abu Ja'far al-Mansur in the days of the Umayyads. Al-Mas'udi relates that they travelled together and heard hadith. 2
His story with al-Mansur
When the caliphate passed to al-Mansur he summoned him from Basra and gave him four thousand dirhams, and ordered that he should not come back asking for a stipend, nor coming to greet him, nor visiting him. In the fourth year he came to him, arguing that he had heard a hadith containing the greatest name of God. Al-Mansur said that he had been asking God by it since he came, that He should not return him to him, and gave him leave to come back whenever he wished. 2
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 427-428
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.427-428
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islam.museum contributors. “Azhar al-Samman”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/azhar-al-samman/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.