Ibn Jurayj

Ibn Jurayj, the imam and memoriser, jurist of the sanctuary, Abu al-Walid — also said Abu Khalid — Abd al-Malik b. Abd al-Aziz b. Jurayj the Byzantine, client of the Umayyads of Mecca, author of compilations and one of the great figures; born in 80 AH, he heard his father, a little from Mujahid, extensively from Ata' b. Abi Rabah, and from Maymun b. Mihran, Amr b. Shu'ayb, Nafi', al-Zuhri, and a great many. ²

The two Sufyans, Muslim b. Khalid, Ibn Uluyya, Hajjaj b. Muhammad, Abu Asim, Ruh, Waki', Abd al-Razzaq, and hosts besides narrated from him; Ahmad b. Hanbal said "he was among the vessels of knowledge, and he and Ibn Abi Aruba were the first to compile books", Abd al-Razzaq said "I never saw anyone pray better than Ibn Jurayj — seeing him you knew he feared God", Yahya al-Qattan said "Ibn Jurayj was not, for me, below Malik in Nafi'", and Ibn al-Madini said "no one on earth knew Ata' better than Ibn Jurayj"; he practised tadlis. ³

Al-Waqidi says Ibn Jurayj died at the opening of Dhu al-Hijja, 150 AH. ⁴