Ja'far ibn Shakir al-Sa'igh

جعفر بن محمد بن شاكر الصائغ

Dhu al-Hijja 279 AH

Abu Muhammad al-Sa'igh, the devout, exacting traditionist of 'Affan, Qabisa and Abu Nu'aym — most people's most-trusted authority; near ninety, he died in Dhu'l-Hijja and was buried at Baghdad's Bab al-Tawba cemetery 1.

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Roles
Scholar · ascetic
Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Summary

Abu Muhammad al-Sa'igh, Ja'far ibn Shakir; he heard 'Affan, Qubaysa, Abu Nu'aym and others; Ibn Sa'id, Ibn Makhlad, Abu'l-Husayn ibn al-Munadi, al-Najad and Abu Bakr al-Shafi'i narrated from him; a worshipping ascetic, reliable, truthful, meticulous and precise — multitudes benefited from him and most of the narrations about him praise his reliability and goodness; he reached ninety years save a few months; he died in Dhu'l-Hijja and was buried in the Bab al-Tawba cemeteries at Baghdad. 1

Sources

  1. al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , p. 180
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