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Ibn Kinana

ابن كنانة

c. 899 CE · 286 AH

A jurist of Medina who studied with Imam Malik and was known for independent reasoning. Malik gave him leave to enter first when people gathered at his door, and he sat at Malik's right hand without leaving him. Ibn Bukayr said that no one was more exact or more instructive than him in Malik's circle, and after Malik's death he took his seat in the circle. 1 2

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Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Arabia
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The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Ibn Abi Dawud al-Sijistani · Abd Allah ibn Muhammad (Umayyad amir of Cordova) · Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad · Abu'l-Sa'ib 'Utba al-Hamadhani · Abu Awana, Ya'qub ibn Ishaq

Summary

A jurist of Medina who studied with Imam Malik and was known for reasoning by opinion. 1

His place with Malik

Malik gave him leave to enter first when people crowded at his door, calling him by name, and he sat at Malik's right hand without leaving him. 1 Ibn Bukayr said no one was more exact or more instructive than him in Malik's circle, and after Malik's death he took his seat in it. 1

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.5140
  2. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.5141
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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Kinana”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/uthman-ibn-kinana/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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