Abdallah ibn al-Zubayr al-Humaydi

Al-Humaydi (died 834) was a Shafi'i jurisprudence scholar and Shaykh of the al-Haram. He studied under Imam Shafi'i himself in his majlis.

Teachers and students

He also studied and narrated hadith from Sufyan ibn Uyainah and Fudhail ibn Iyadh. His pupils included Al-Aimah such as Al-Bukhari, An-Nasa'i, At-Turmudhi, Abu Zur'a al-Razi and Abu Hatim al-Razi. He died in Mecca in 219 AH.

Works

Some of his works are:

• Musnad al-Humaydi (المسند); his major work.
• Uṣūl al-Sunnah (أصول السنة),
• Ar-Radd ‘Ala an-Nu’man (Refutation of Abu Hanifa)
• At-Tafsir
• Ad-Dala’il

Notes

References

• Adh-Dhahabi, Siyar A’laam an-Nubalaa (10/616-621)
• Adh-Dhahabi, Tadhkirat ul-Huffaadh (2/413-414),
• Al-Mizzi, at-Tahdheeb (14/512).