Hammad ibn Salamah
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Hammad ibn Salamah ibn Dinar al-Basri , the son of Salamah ibn Dinar
, was Basra
's mufti
, a prominent narrator of hadith
and one of the earliest grammarians of the Arabic language
, who had a great influence on his student, Sibawayh
.
He was a client (mawla) of either Banu Tamim
or Quraysh.
Salamah Ibn Dinar
Salamah Ibn Dinar al-Madani , also known as Abu Hazim Al-A'raj, was a Muslim ascetic, jurist and narrator of hadith from the taba'een generation who became an important figure for the early Sufis...
, was Basra
Basra
Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq near Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of two million as of 2009...
's mufti
Mufti
A mufti is a Sunni Islamic scholar who is an interpreter or expounder of Islamic law . In religious administrative terms, a mufti is roughly equivalent to a deacon to a Sunni population...
, a prominent narrator of hadith
Hadith
The term Hadīth is used to denote a saying or an act or tacit approval or criticism ascribed either validly or invalidly to the Islamic prophet Muhammad....
and one of the earliest grammarians of the Arabic language
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
, who had a great influence on his student, Sibawayh
Sibawayh
Abū Bishr ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān ibn Qanbar Al-Bishrī , commonly known as Sībawayh , was an influential linguist and grammarian of the Arabic language. He was of Persian origin born ca...
.
He was a client (mawla) of either Banu Tamim
Banu Tamim
Banī Tamīm Tamim is one of the largest of all Arab tribes. Their history goes back to pre-Islamic times....
or Quraysh.