Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Khalaf ibn Hisham, from Baghdad, one of the ten readers of the Qur'an. The sources say that his reading is accepted. 1
His birth is reported around 150 AH and his death around 848 CE, approximately. These dates need a second source, and the rest needs an additional source.
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
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Khalaf ibn Hisham”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/khalaf-ibn-hisham/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.