Alqama ibn Qays

Alqama ibn Qays al-Nakha'i (d. AH 62 (681/682)^[1]) was a well-known scholar from among the taba'een and pupil of Abd-Allah ibn Mas'ud, who called him the most erudite of his disciples. He also related traditions from Ali ibn Abi Talib, Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas [Sa`d ibn Malik] and `Uthman.^[2]

Alqama is the founder of the School of Kufa in Islamic religious sciences. He followed in the footsteps of Ibn Mas‘ud in praying and conduct, in practising Islam as a whole. Amr ibn Sharahil al-Shabi, who was among the scholars who narrated ahadith from Alqama, frequently suggested to those near him: ‘Come and let us go to the one who resembles Ibn Mas‘ud the most in conduct and attitudes.’^[3] His major student was Ibrahim al-Nakhai, a faqih from Kufa

Imam Abu Hanifa, who is generally accepted as one of the greatest of Muslim jurists, admired Alqama so much that he used to comment: ‘Alqama is probably more profound in (knowledge) of hadith and fiqh than some Companions.’

Early Islam scholars

Early Islamic scholars

Muhammad (570–632) prepared the Constitution of Medina, taught the Quran, and advised his companions                                                     `Abd Allah bin Masud (died 650) taught Ali (607-661) fourth caliph taught Aisha, Muhammad's wife and Abu Bakr's daughter taught Abd Allah ibn Abbas (618-687) taught Zayd ibn Thabit (610-660) taught Umar (579-644) second caliph taught Abu Hurairah (603 – 681) taught                                                                                                           Alqama ibn Qays (died 681) taught   Husayn ibn Ali (626–680) taught Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr (657-725) taught and raised by Aisha Urwah ibn Zubayr (died 713) taught by Aisha, he then taught Said ibn al-Musayyib (637-715) taught Abdullah ibn Umar (614-693) taught Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr (624-692) taught by Aisha, he then taught                                                                                           Ibrahim al-Nakha’i taught     Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (659–712) taught         Hisham ibn Urwah (667-772) taught Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri (died 741) taught Salim ibn Abd-Allah ibn Umar taught Umar ibn Abdul Aziz (682-720) raised and taught by Abdullah ibn Umar                                                                                   Hammad bin ibi Sulman taught     Muhammad al-Baqir (676-733) taught Farwah bint al-Qasim Abu Bakr's great grand daughter Jafar's mother                                                               Abu Hanifa (699 — 767) wrote Al Fiqh Al Akbar and Kitab Al-Athar, jurisprudence followed by Sunni, Sufi, Barelvi, Deobandi, Zaidiyyah Shia and originally by the Fatimid and taught Zayd ibn Ali (695-740) Ja'far al-Sadiq (702–765) Ali's and Abu Bakr's great great grand son taught Malik ibn Anas (711 – 795) wrote Muwatta, jurisprudence from early Medina period now mostly followed by Sunni in Africa and taught   Al-Waqidi (748 – 822) wrote history books like Kitab al-Tarikh wa al-Maghazi, student of Malik ibn Anas Abu Muhammad Abdullah ibn Abdul Hakam (died 829) wrote biographies and history books, student of Malik ibn Anas                                                                 Abu Yusuf (729-798) wrote Usul al-fiqh Muhammad al-Shaybani (749–805)       Al-Shafi‘i (767—820) wrote Al-Risala, jurisprudence followed by Sunni and taught Ismail ibn Ibrahim   Ali ibn al-Madini (778–849) wrote The Book of Knowledge of the Companions   Ibn Hisham (died 833) wrote early history and As-Sirah an-Nabawiyyah, Muhammad's biography                                                             Isma'il ibn Jafar (719-775) Musa al-Kadhim (745-799)   Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780—855) wrote Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal jurisprudence followed by Sunni and hadith books Muhammad al-Bukhari (810-870) wrote Sahih al-Bukhari hadith books Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (815-875) wrote Sahih Muslim hadith books Muhammad ibn Isa at-Tirmidhi (824-892) wrote Jami` at-Tirmidhi hadith books Al-Baladhuri (died 892) wrote early history Futuh al-Buldan, Genealogies of the Nobles                                 Ibn Majah (824- 887) wrote Sunan ibn Majah hadith book   Abu Dawood (817–889) wrote Sunan Abu Dawood Hadith Book             Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (864- 941) wrote Kitab al-Kafi hadith book followed by Twelver Shia                     Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (838–923) wrote History of the Prophets and Kings, Tafsir al-Tabari   Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (874–936) wrote Maqālāt al-islāmīyīn, Kitāb al-luma, Kitāb al-ibāna 'an usūl al-diyāna             Ibn Babawayh (923-991) wrote Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih jurisprudence followed by Twelver Shia   Sharif Razi (930-977) wrote Nahj al-Balagha followed by Twelver Shia   Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201-1274) wrote jurisprudence books followed by Ismaili and Twelver Shia     Al-Ghazali (1058–1111) wrote The Niche for Lights, The Incoherence of the Philosophers, The Alchemy of Happiness on Sufism   Rumi (1207-1273) wrote Masnavi, Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi on Sufism               KEY: Some of Muhammad's Companions KEY: Taught in Medina KEY: Taught in Iraq KEY: Worked in Syria KEY: Travelled extensively collecting the sayings of Muhammad and compiled books of hadith KEY: Worked in Iran

Notes

1. Imam Zahid al-Kawthari
2. Tarikh Baghdad, xII. 296; Abu Nu`aym, II. 98-102; GAS, 1. 398
3. I. Sa’d, 6.86; Abu Nu‘aym, 2.98

External links

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