سيرين أبو ابن سيرين

سيرين أبو ابن سيرين

In al-Baladhuri: father of Muhammad ibn Sirin, with his brothers Yahya, Anas and Ma'bad — the eldest — mawali of Anas ibn Malik (may God be pleased with him) al-Ansari, taken in Ayn al-Tamr's church captives under Khalid ibn al-Walid (may God be pleased with him); it is said Sirin was of Jarjaraya's people visiting kin when taken in the church.

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Sirin, father of Muhammad ibn Sirin. He had brothers named Yahya, Anas and Ma'bad, and Ma'bad was the eldest. al-Baladhuri reports that they were clients of Anas ibn Malik al-Ansari, taken captive from the church of Ayn al-Tamr in the time of Khalid ibn al-Walid 1.

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al-Baladhuri adds a report that Sirin was from Jarjaraya, and had been visiting some of his relatives when he was taken with them in the church. The account of the event is in the siege of Ayn al-Tamr 1.

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Parent of
محمد بن سيرين
Child of
محمد بن سيرين
Participated in
The Siege of Ayn al-Tamr and Its Church Captives

People and things also explored

The mawali (clients)· Muwatta 247· Muwatta 537· Muwatta 1891· Muwatta 592· Muwatta 2244· Muwatta 2646· Muwatta 843

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  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.345-347
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The mawali (clients)

In al-Baladhuri's Ayn al-Tamr captives, the model of the mawali: captives freed by their patrons whose clientage then attached to them — as Humran ibn Aban, al-Musayyib ibn Najaba's man whom Uthman bought and freed to become Uthman's mawla; Sirin and his brothers, mawali of Anas ibn Malik; Yasar, grandfather of Muhammad ibn Ishaq, mawla of Qays ibn Makhrama ibn al-Muttalib; Nusayr, Musa ibn Nusayr's father, mawla of the Umayyads; and Abu Farwa, grandfather of al-Rabi' ibn Yunus al-Mansur's minister — bought by Na'im al-Asadi then by Uthman for grave-digging.