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Sulayman b. Yasar of Medina, mawla of Maymuna Mother of the Believers, one of the Seven Fuqaha, the learned master; his kunya is given as Abu Ayyub, also Abu Abd al-Rahman and Abu Abdallah. 2
Transmission and standing
He narrated from A'isha, Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him), Zayd b. Thabit, Ibn Abbas, Maymuna, and a group; from him narrated Amr b. Dinar, al-Zuhri, Salim Abu al-Nadr, Yahya b. Sa'id, Salih b. Kaysan, and others. He was among the imams of ijtihad; Malik said Sulayman was among the scholars of the people, and it is said that when Sa'id b. al-Musayyab was asked for a fatwa he would send the questioner to Sulayman b. Yasar. 2
His death
Mus'ab b. Uthman says he was one of the most handsome of young men. He died in 107 AH, it is said, and it is said in 104 AH. 2
Connections
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- Muwatta 95· Muwatta 99· Muwatta 123· Muwatta 124· Muwatta 149· Muwatta 158· Muwatta 198· Muwatta 1457· Muwatta 1477· Muwatta 1488· Muwatta 1497· Muwatta 1532· Muwatta 1538· Muwatta 1611· Muwatta 1639· Muwatta 1656· Muwatta 1672· Muwatta 1686· Muwatta 1687· Muwatta 1690· Muwatta 1693· Muwatta 1711· Muwatta 1718· Muwatta 1723· Muwatta 1728· Muwatta 1737· Muwatta 1752· Muwatta 1778· Muwatta 1871· Muwatta 1874· Muwatta 1878· Muwatta 1879· Muwatta 2050· Muwatta 2081· Muwatta 2108· Muwatta 2113· Muwatta 2158· Muwatta 2159· Muwatta 2208· Muwatta 2284· Muwatta 2319· Muwatta 2382· Muwatta 2392· Muwatta 2466· Muwatta 2467· Muwatta 2493· Muwatta 2496· Muwatta 2516· Muwatta 2524· Muwatta 2537· Muwatta 2538· Muwatta 2572· Muwatta 687· Muwatta 724· Muwatta 751· Muwatta 752· Muwatta 2710· Muwatta 2774· Muwatta 834· Muwatta 1000· Muwatta 1002· Muwatta 1039· Muwatta 1048· Muwatta 1101· Muwatta 1133· Muwatta 1134· Muwatta 948· Muwatta 996· Muwatta 1380
People and things also explored
Malik ibn Anas· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Ansari· Muwatta, Book of Divorce (talaq)· Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab· Muhammad ibn Shihab al-Zuhri· Muhammad· Muwatta, Book of Pilgrimage (hajj)
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 191-192
- Tadhkirat al-huffaz — al-Dhahabi , j.1 p.89
- The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005)
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