Uqba Ibn Amir (Radi Allahu Anhu)

[Abu Ubaydah]

Uqba Ibn Amir (Radi Allahu Anhu)

A Summarised comprehensive discussion of Uqba Ibn Amir (Radi Allahu Anhu) is as follows:

Name and lineage:

Abu Hamad Uqba Ibn Amir Ibn Abs Ibn Amr Ibn Adi Ibn Amr Ibn Rifa’a Ibn Mawdu’a Ibn Adi Ibn Ganam Ibn Rab’a Ibn Rashdan Ibn Qays Ibn Juhaina al-Juhani (Radi Allahu Anhu)

There is a lot of difference of opinion in his kunya: Abu Sa’ad, Abu Amir, Abu Amr, Abu Abs, Abu Asad, Abul Aswad.

Students:

Aslam Abu Imran at-Tajibi, Jabir Ibn Abdullah al-Ansari (Radi Allahu Anhu), Jubair Ibn Nafir al-Hadrami, Hasan Basri, Rab’i Ibn Harash, Sa’id al-Maqbari, Abu Umam Sudi Ibn Ajlan al-Bahili (Radi Allahu Anhu), Abdullah Ibn Abas (Radi Allahu Anhu), Abdurahman Ibn Shamasa al-Mahri, Ikrima Mawla Ibn Abas, Qasim Abu Abdurahman, Qais Ibn Abi Hazim, Kathir Ibn Mara al-Hadrami, Abu al-Khair Murshid Ibn Abdullah al-Yazni, Mushrih Ibn Ha’an al-Ma’afiri, Abu Idris al-Khawlani and Abu Sa’id al-Maqbari and other than them.

Virtues:

1. A companion (Radi Allahu Anhu)

2. Mujahid

3. Muhadith

4. Imam Muqri….he was a scholar, reciter, eloquent in giving speeches, Faqi, an expert in inheriting knowledge, a poet and had a great amount of diginity. (Sir A’lam an-Nubala 2/467)

5. He was present in the conquering of Egypt

6. He was from the companions of Sufa

Knowledge of narrations:

There are 55 ahadith of his in the Musnad of Baqi Ibn Makhlad.
There are 2 narrations attributed to him in al-Arba’un Fil Hath Alal Jihad of Ibn Asakir, no.22 and no.29

Death:

58 Hijri

His grave is in Muqtam (Egypt). (Radi Allahu Anhu)

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