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al-Imad Ibn al-Nahhas the Deaf

العماد ابن النحاس الأصم

1177 CE · 572 AH – c. March 1256 CE · 22 Safar 654 AH

Damascus

The deaf Ansari (b. 572, d. 22 Safar 654) — last transmitter from Ibn Abi Asrun; so deaf that people heard the hadith only from his own lips 1.

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At a glance

Roles
Scholar · muhaddith
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq · Persia & Central Asia
Review
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Al-Baydawi, Abd Allah ibn Umar · al-Kamal al-Darir · Sharaf al-Din al-Mursi · al-Thaqafi al-Jayyani Muhammad ibn al-Hasan · Taqi al-Din al-Yildani

In space

Damascus

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Place in the story

    Sunni (transmitted)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    Overview

    Ibn al-Nahhas al-Asamm al-Ansari (572–654 AH) — the last to transmit from Abu Sa'd Ibn Abi 'Asrun; he heard al-Fadl b. al-Baniyasi, Yahya al-Thaqafi, Mansur al-Farawi at Nishapur and 'Ali b. Mansur al-Thaqafi at Isfahan. Trustworthy, good, noble — and so deaf that the people heard hadith only from his own lips 1.

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    Died in
    Damascus

    People and things also explored

    the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488· al-Ashraf takes Damascus

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 273
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    islam.museum contributors. “al-Imad Ibn al-Nahhas the Deaf”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-al-nahhas-al-asamm/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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