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Musa bin 'Uqba

Abu Muhammad

موسى بن عقبة

Musa bin 'Uqba bin Abi 'Ayaash al-Asadi

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Biography
Client of Family of Az-Zubair Al-Awaam. \r\nHe wrote a book on Maghaazi. A fragment of his work has survived and was published by Sachau in 1904, the so-called Berlin manuscript. Many distinguished traditionists felt his book was the most important and trustworthy of all, rivaling that of his contemporary Ibn Ishaq, and yet, surprisingly, not much of his work has survived. Ibn Ishaq himself never mentions him, though he is quoted by later historians like al-Tabari, al-Waqidi, and others. Musa for his part leaned heavily on al-Zuhri, much idealizing the Prophet.

Father

'Uqba b. Abi 'Ayaash al-Asadi

Classical References
  • ·al-Tabaqat — Ibn Sa'dp. 30

4[pg:30],11[Introduction]

Life Details

Born

55 AH/674 CE

Birth City

Medinah

Died

141AH/758 CE

Death City

Madinah

Cause

Natural

Lived in

Medina

Scholarly Profile

Narrator Grade

Thiqah

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