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عبد الله بن مسعود

Ibn Mas'ud (RA)

'Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud

Also known as: Abdullah ibn Masud

c. 29 BH – 32 AH · c. 594–653 CE

Companions

Master reciter of the Quran and the teacher whose school shaped the jurisprudence of Kufa.

Ibn Mas'ud was a young shepherd in Makkah and one of the first to accept Islam. He is said to have been the first to recite the Quran aloud near the Ka'bah, for which he was beaten. He served the Prophet ﷺ closely, and the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Whoever would like to recite the Quran fresh as it was revealed, let him recite it as Ibn Umm 'Abd does.'

'Umar sent him to Kufa as a teacher and treasurer. His students there, such as 'Alqamah and al-Aswad, passed his legal method on to Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, Hammad and eventually Abu Hanifa, so his influence runs through the whole Hanafi school.

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Life journey

  1. c. 594 CE Makkah مكة
  2. 622 CE Madinah المدينة
  3. 642 CE Kufa الكوفة
    Sent by 'Umar to teach the people of Kufa; the year is approximate.
  4. 652 CE Madinah المدينة
    Died 653 CE · 32 AH

Places in their life

The Ka'bah in al-Masjid al-Haram, Makkah
The Ka'bah in al-Masjid al-Haram, Makkah
Photo: Adli Wahid (minor modifications by Basile Morin), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
al-Masjid al-Nabawi, the Prophet's Mosque, Madinah
al-Masjid al-Nabawi, the Prophet's Mosque, Madinah
Photo: TheHadiRahim, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Great Mosque of Kufa
The Great Mosque of Kufa
Photo: ن.عامری, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

  • Sahih al-Bukhari (Book of the Virtues of the Quran)
  • Ibn Majah, Sunan (Introduction, on his recitation)
  • Ibn Sa'd, al-Tabaqat al-Kubra
Draft, awaiting scholarly review.
Birth year approximate. Please verify the source for the 'fresh as revealed' hadith.