At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
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Overview
Ma'qil ibn Yasar al-Muzani of Basra, one of the people of the Pledge of Ridwan; no Companion is known to have borne the kunya Abu Ali other than him, and Ibn Sa'd also records the honorific "Fortress of the State" (hisn al-dawla). He died late in the caliphate of Mu'awiya. 1
In al-Isaba
Ibn Hajar gives him his own entry in al-Isaba, no. 8468: "Ma'qil ibn Yasar ibn Abd Allah ibn Ma'bar ibn Hiraq ibn Abi ibn Ka'b ibn Abd Thawr ibn Hudma ibn Latim ibn Uthman ibn Amr al-Muzani" — Muzayna being the mother of Uthman ibn Amr, so the sons were traced to her — and records that he became Muslim before al-Hudaybiyya and witnessed the Pledge of Ridwan; Ibn Hibban counts him a Companion. 2
The canal of Ma'qil
Ibn Hajar cites al-Baghawi: it was he who dug the Canal of Ma'qil at Basra on Umar's orders, so it was named after him; he settled in Basra, built a house there and died there in the caliphate of Mu'awiya. 2
Connections
- Participated in
- Digging of the Ma'qil Canal
- Mentioned in
- Muslim 142 — No shepherd who dies cheating his flock but God bars him from Paradise
People and things also explored
Muhammad· زياد بن أبي سفيان· Basra· Digging of the Ma'qil Canal· Muslim 142 — No shepherd who dies cheating his flock but God bars him from Paradise
Sources
- Siyar a'lam al-nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Ideas House International edition, 2004) , p.3905-3906
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , p.1447
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ma'qil ibn Yasar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/maqil-ibn-yasar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.