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Companions of Abū Ḥanīfa

Three complete short entries from al-Ṣaymarī’s chapter on the companions of Abū Ḥanīfa. Arabic is manually transcribed from the supplied scan, with lightly normalized punctuation and spacing. English summaries are not full translations.

Source: Akhbār Abī Ḥanīfa wa-Aṣḥābihi, scan 82880, pp. 155–156. First transcription, not yet independently proofread. The reports are presented without assessing their transmission chains.

Biography · al-Ṣaymarī

Asad ibn ʿAmr al-Bajalī

أبو عمرو أسد بن عمرو البجلي

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English summary

Al-Ṣaymarī reports that Asad served as a judge for al-Rashīd after Abū Yūsuf. He accompanied the caliph on pilgrimage, travelling alongside him. His kunya was Abū ʿAmr.

Arabic source text

ولي القضاء بعد أبي يوسف للرشيد، وحج معه معادلا له، ويكنى أبا عمرو.

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Biography · al-Ṣaymarī

ʿĀfiya ibn Yazīd al-Awdī

عافية بن يزيد الأودي

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English summary

In the transmitted account, Abū Ḥanīfa and his companions discuss a legal question. When ʿĀfiya is absent, Abū Ḥanīfa asks them to wait before settling it. If ʿĀfiya agrees, the conclusion is recorded; otherwise it is not. The report presents him as an important participant in collective legal deliberation.

Arabic source text

حدثنا العباس بن أحمد الشامي قال ثنا أحمد بن محمد المسكي قال ثنا علي بن محمد النخعي قال ثنا إبراهيم بن مخلد البلخي قال ثنا محمد بن سعيد الخوارزمي قال ثنا إسحاق بن إبراهيم قال: كان أصحاب أبي حنيفة يخوضون معه في المسألة! فإذا لم يحضر عافية قال أبو حنيفة: لا ترفعوا المسألة حتى يحضر عافية! فإذا حضر عافية ووافقهم قال أبو حنيفة: أثبتوها! وإن لم يوافقهم قال أبو حنيفة: لا تثبتوها.

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Biography · al-Ṣaymarī

al-Qāsim ibn Maʿn

القاسم بن معن

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English summary

Al-Ṣaymarī describes al-Qāsim as a descendant of ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd and a scholar accomplished in both jurisprudence and Arabic. Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan cites him in his books, by name or kunya. He succeeded Sharīk ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Nakhaʿī as judge of Kufa.

Arabic source text

وهو من ولد عبد الله بن مسعود، وهو مع تقدمه في الفقه وتبحره فيه إمام في العربية مقدم فيها، و[قد] روى عنه محمد بن الحسن في كتبه مصرحا بذكره ومكنيا عنه، وولي قضاء الكوفة بعد شريك بن عبد الله النخعي.

The brackets around [قد] appear in the printed edition. Its footnote gives فيه as the original reading for فيها.

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