Dust al-Abid

دوست العابد

Ramadan 281 AH

Abu Muhammad 'Dust' al-Abid — one of Baghdad's noted ascetics and transmitters; he died on Wednesday with six nights left of Ramadan 281 and was buried in the Khayzuran cemetery 1.

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Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Summary

Al-Qasim ibn Nasr ibn Salim, Abu Muhammad, known as Dust al-Abid (d. 281 AH), was among the best Muslims and most distinguished worshippers. He related hadith from Surayj ibn al-Nu'man al-Jawhari, Amr ibn Awn al-Wasiti and Ubayd ibn Hashim. Abd al-Samad ibn Ali al-Tusi, Abu Sahl ibn Ziyad al-Qattan and Ja'far al-Khaldi transmitted from him. 1

He lived in Sayb al-Qadi on the eastern side. He died on a Wednesday, six nights before the end of Ramadan, in the year 281, and was buried in the Khayzuran cemetery. 1

Sources

  1. Tarikh Baghdad — al-Khatib al-Baghdadi , j.10 p.435-436
  • al-Alam — al-Zirikli
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islam.museum contributors. “Dust al-Abid”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/dust-al-abid/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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