At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- TransmitterTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Umar Hafs ibn Sulayman ibn al-Mughira al-Asadi al-Kufi, one of the well-known transmitters from Asim ibn Abi al-Najud, one of the Seven Readers, and reader of Kufa. 1.
His life
The encyclopaedia describes him as a trustworthy and precise reciter. It states that he was born in 90 AH (709 CE) and died in 180 AH (796 CE). 1.
The rest of his life needs an additional source.
People and things also explored
The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an· Bid'a (religious innovation)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.62
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Hafs Abu Umar ibn Sulayman”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/hafs-abu-umar-ibn-sulayman/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.