Abu Muhammad Abdallah ibn Wahb ibn Muslim al-Fihri al-Qurashi al-Misri, better known as Ibn Wahb was an important Egyptian early jurist in the Maliki school.
14 Facts About Ibn Wahb
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Ibn Wahb was one of Malik's best known companions and had a tremendous influence in spreading the Maliki school in Egypt and the Maghreb.
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Ibn Wahb was born at Old Cairo in Dhu al-Qi'dah in the year 125 AH.
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Ibn Wahb was a member, by adoption, of the tribe of Quraysh: a native of Egypt, was a mawla to Rehana, who was herself a mawla to Abu Abd ArRahman Yazid Ibn Unais, of the tribe of Fihr.
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Ibn Wahb stayed with Malik for about twenty years, and disseminated his fiqh in Egypt.
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Ibn Wahb studied not only with Malik but with many of the companions of Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri.
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Ibn Wahb took from more than four hundred shaykhs of hadith in Egypt, the Hijaz and Iraq, including Sufyan al-Thawri, Ibn 'Uyaynah, Ibn Jurayj, 'Abdu'r-Rahman ibn Ziyad al-Ifriqi, Sa'id ibn Abi Ayyub and others.
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Ibn Wahb has a high standing in the Maliki school as he was one of Malik's first and most prominent companions.
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Al-Asbagh, one of the students of Malik's companions said of him, "Ibn Wahb was the companion of Malik with the most knowledge of the Sunnah and traditions although he related from men who were weak".
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Ibn Wahb himself recognised that some of his hadiths were weak.
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Ibn Wahb did not spare any of his companions criticism except for Ibn Wahb.
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Ibn Wahb was one of those who spread Malik's school in Egypt and the Maghreb.
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Ibn Wahb left many excellent books, including what he heard from Malik which took up about 30 volumes.
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Ibn Wahb died on 24th of Sha'ban in the year 197 AH.