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- Roles
- Scholar
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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Summary
Al-Fadl ibn Ziyad al-Qattan was among the closest companions of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and was one of those who related from him most often in the questions (masa'il) he answered. 1
Ya'qub ibn Sufyan al-Fasawi, al-Hasan ibn Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abi al-Anbar, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Adami and Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sandali transmitted from him. 1
Abu Bakr al-Khallal said: al-Fadl ibn Ziyad was among the senior men in the eyes of Abu Abdallah (Ahmad). Abu Abdallah knew his worth and honoured him, and al-Fadl would lead Abu Abdallah in prayer. 1
Sources
- Tarikh Baghdad — al-Khatib al-Baghdadi , j.10 p.363
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Fadl ibn Ziyad al-Qattan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/fadl-ibn-ziyad-al-qattan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.