Tawus Ibn Kaysan (d.723

723

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) was one of the Tabi‘in

Tabi‘in

The Tābi‘ūn are the generation of Muslims who were born after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad but who were contemporaries of the Sahaba "Companions". As such, they played an important part in the development of Islamic thought and philosophy, and in the political development of the...

, one of the narrators of hadith, and a companion of the fourth Shia Imam

Imam

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, Ali Zayn al-Abidin (d.ca. 713

713

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).

He is also known as Tawoos ibn Kaysaan, "Tawoos" or "al-Taus,".

Biography

Ibn Hajar

Ibn Hajar

There were several Muslim scholars named "Ibn Hajar"*Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani – Shafi'i and Hadith scholar*Ibn Hajar al-Makki al-Haitami - Shafi'i*Ibn Hajar Abi Bakr...

 related that Tāwus was a Persian

Persian people

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 who inhabited an area called al-Jund and that he was the master of Hamadan

Hamadan

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 in Iran

Iran

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. Ibn Hayyān said about him: "He was among the worshipers of the people of the Yemen

Yemen

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 and the masters of the leading members of the next generation." He performed the hajj

Hajj

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 forty times and narrated some of the whispered prayers of Imām Zayn al-'Ābidin. Ibn Kaysan was also a student of Abdullah ibn Abbas, a well-known Companion (Sahaba

Sahaba

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) of Muhammad

Muhammad

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 (d.632).

Hadith

Hadith from him are recorded by Muhammad al-Bukhari

Muhammad al-Bukhari

Muhammad Ibn Ismail Ibn Ibrahim Ibn al-Mughirah Ibn Bardizbah al-Bukhari , popularly known as Bukhari or Imam Bukhari, , was a Sunni Islamic scholar of Persia...

 (85 traditions), Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

Abul Husayn Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj ibn Muslim ibn Warat al-Qushayri al-Nisaburi was the author of the second authentic sahih collection of hadith in Sunni Islam, Sahih Muslim.-Biography:...

 (78 traditions), al-Tirmidhi

Al-Tirmidhi

Tirmidhī , also transliterated as Tirmizi, full name Abū ‛Īsá Muḥammad ibn ‛Īsá ibn Sawrah ibn Mūsá ibn al Ḍaḥḥāk al-Sulamī al-Sulamī al-Tirmidhī Tirmidhī , also transliterated as Tirmizi, full name Abū ‛Īsá Muḥammad ibn ‛Īsá ibn Sawrah ibn Mūsá ibn al Ḍaḥḥāk al-Sulamī al-Sulamī al-Tirmidhī...

, al-Nasa'i

Al-Nasa'i

Al-Nasā'ī , full name Aḥmad ibn Shu`ayb ibn Alī ibn Sīnān Abū `Abd ar-Raḥmān al-Nasā'ī, was a noted collector of hadith , and wrote one of the six canonical hadith collections recognized by Sunni Muslims, Sunan al-Sughra, or "Al-Mujtaba", which he selected from his "As-Sunan al-Kubra"...

, Abu Dawood, Ibn Maja

Ibn Maja

Abū ʻAbdillāh Muḥammad ibn Yazīd Ibn Mājah al-Rabʻī al-Qazwīnī , commonly known as Ibn Mājah, was a medieval scholar of hadith...

, Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Ahmad ibn Hanbal

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.