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Hamid al-A'raj

حميد الأعرج

Hamid ibn Qays al-A'raj, Abu Safwan, a client of the Banu Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza, reader of the people of Mecca, and a well-known trustworthy Successor. He transmitted from Tawus, Ata, Mujahid, Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz and al-Zuhri, and from him Ja'far al-Sadiq, Malik and the two Sufyans. Sufyan ibn Uyayna said he was the most learned in the laws of inheritance and the reckoning among the people of Mecca. 1

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The Umayyad Period
Region
Arabia
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Hamid ibn Qays al-A'raj, Abu Safwan, a client of the Banu Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza, reader of the people of Mecca, and a well-known trustworthy Successor. He transmitted from Tawus, Ata, Mujahid, Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz and al-Zuhri, and from him Ja'far al-Sadiq, Malik and the two Sufyans. Sufyan ibn Uyayna said he was the most learned in the laws of inheritance and the reckoning among the people of Mecca. 1

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.16643
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islam.museum contributors. “Hamid al-A'raj”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/hamid-al-araj/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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