Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Modern Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Husayn ibn Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Salam Basalama, a scholar from Mecca. He was born there in 1299 AH (1881 CE), memorised the Qur'an in one of its kuttabs (Qur'anic schools), and died in 1364 AH (1944 CE). 1
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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.94
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Husayn ibn Abd Allah Basalama”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/husayn-ibn-abd-allah-basalama/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.