Jabir ibn Zayd al-Azdi · Islam Museum

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr · Abd al-Rahman ibn Ziyad ibn An'am · Abu Burda ibn Abi Musa al-Ash'ari · Abu Hanifa al-Nu'man ibn Thabit · A'isha bint Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas

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Abu al-Sha'tha' Jabir b. Zayd al-Azdi of Basra, one of the great figures and the companion of Ibn Abbas; Qatada, Ayyub, Amr b. Dinar, and a group narrated from him. Ata' reports Ibn Abbas saying "were the people of Basra to clear themselves by Jabir b. Zayd's verdict, it would suffice them year after year in God's book", and Ibn Abbas is reported saying "ask me whatever you like while Jabir b. Zayd is among you", and Amr b. Dinar said "I have never seen anyone more learned". ²

Sources

Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 191
Tadhkirat al-huffaz — al-Dhahabi , j.1 p.71-72

Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi)

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