At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- 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
Umar ibn al-Ash'ath ibn Lajr ibn Hudayr al-Taymi, a scholar of the Umayyad period, who died around the year 105 AH 1.
Lineage
The encyclopedia notes that he is ascribed to his grandfather Lajr, and not to his father al-Ash'ath 1.
The entry needs an additional source: the data does not detail his learning or his teachers.
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 , p.771
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Umar ibn al-Ash'ath al-Taymi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/umar-ibn-al-ash-ath-al-taymi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.