Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr
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Qasim ibn Muhammad (d. 108 AH[1] or 106 AH [2]) was the son of Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr. The nephew of Aishah bint Abi Bakr, she was among "the seven fuqaha' of Medina" who were largely responsible for the transmission of knowledge from Medina and were the source of much of the information of Islam and the Sunnah available today. He learned hadith and fiqh from his aunt and from Ibn Abbas. He was a transmitter of hadith and criticised the use of a hadith if its text was put before the Quran and established Sunnah. His famous student, Abu'z-Zinad 'Abdullah ibn Dhakwan said about him, "I never saw a faqih with more knowledge than al-Qasim. I never saw anyone who had more knowledge of the Sunna than him." The Sunni Imam Malik related that Umar Ibn Abdul-Aziz said, "If I had authority in the matter, I would appoint the blind one of Banu Taym," meaning al-Qasim ibn Muhammad.
His daughter Farwah bint al-Qasim was the mother of the sixth in the Shi'a Imam, Jafar as-Sadiq.
He is not to be confused with the islamic prophet Muhammads son Qasim ibn Muhammad.
[edit] See also
- family tree of Qasim ibn Muhammad (ibn Abu Bakr)
[edit] References
- ^ http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Abewley/usulgloss2.html
- ^ http://ibnalhyderabadee.wordpress.com/2006/10/07/imaams-of-the-sunnah-vanguards-of-islamic-aqeedah-taabieen-from-the-people-of-madeenah/
and The Four Imams, Muhammad Abu Zahrah, Dar al-Taqwa Publications
