Abu Salma Hammad ibn Salamah ibn Dinar al-Basri (Arabic: حماد بن سلمة بن دينار البصري; died 167 AH/783 CE[1]), the son of Salamah ibn Dinar, was a prominent narrator of hadith and one of the earliest grammarians of the Arabic language. He was noted to have had a great influence on his student, Sibawayh.[1]
Hammad ibn Salamah | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Died | 167 AH/783 CE |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | Abbasid era |
| Region | Abbasid Caliphate |
| Creed | Sunni, Athari |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith, Arabic language |
| Muslim leader | |
Influenced | |
He was a client (mawla) of either Banu Tamim or Quraysh.[1] He was from the generation of the Tabi‘ al-Tabi‘in, one of the early generations of Islam.[2]
Life
editIbn Salamah was born roughly in AH 82 (701/702) and died of natural causes in AH 167 (783/784). In hadith, or recorded statements and actions of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, he was a narrator for later scholars Ibn Jurayj, Sufyan al-Thawri and Abdullah ibn Mubarak.[2] His status was considered by many Muslim scholars to be of the highest rank in regard to biographical evaluation,[3] and he is quoted in both Sahih Muslim and Sahih al-Bukhari, the two most significant collections for Sunni Muslims.[2] He is also considered to have been a teacher of both Abu Dawud at-Tayalisi and Yunus ibn Habib.[4]
Death and legacy
edit- Ibn Hibban says: Whoever claims that the difference between Hamad bin Zayd bin Dirham and Hamad bin Salama bin Dinar is the difference between a dirham and a dinar is delusional because Hamad bin Zayd was more knowledgeable and correct than Hamad bin Salama. However, Hamad bin Salama was more pious and pious than Hamad bin Zayd.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c Sībawayh, ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān (1988), Hārūn, ʻAbd al-Salām Muḥammad (ed.), Al-Kitāb Kitāb Sībawayh Abī Bishr ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān ibn Qanbar, vol. Introduction (3rd ed.), Cairo: Maktabat al-Khānjī, pp. 8–9
- ^ a b c 20021 – Hammad bin Salama (Abu Salma, Abu Sakhar) at Muslim Scholars Database. Copyright (c) 2011 & beyond, Arees Institute.
- ^ Israr Ahmed, Authentication of Hadith: Redefining the Criteria, pg. 24. Herndon: International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2010. ISBN 9781565644489
- ^ Ibn Khallikan, Deaths of Eminent Men and History of the Sons of the Epoch, vol. 4, pg. 586. Trns. William McGuckin de Slane. London: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1871.
- ^ "Encyclopedia of Sahih Al-Bukhari". 21 June 2023.
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