Sheikh Khalil al-Kurdi as-Sammani

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Sheikh Khalil
Sheikh Khalil al-Kurdi as-Sammani
al-Kurdi as-Sammani
Rêhber Xelîlê Kurdî
Personal
ReligionIslam
Arabic name
Personal (Ism)Khalil
Teknonymic (Kunya)as Sammani
Toponymic (Nisba)al-Kurdi

Sheikh Khalil al-Kurdi as-Sammani[1] (Kurdish: Şêx Xelîl el-Kurdî es-Semmanî; Sorani Kurdish: شێخ خەلیل کوردی سەممانی; died c. 750 AC),[1][2] also referred to as Sheikh Khalil, was one of the first scholars of the period of the spread of Islam, who was himself a tabi’.[3]

Nothing much is known about his biography. The early Islamic scholar Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani mentions Khalil in Ma`rifat al-Sahâba wa Fadâ'ilihim.[4] He was also known to have narrated 10 prophetic ahadith according to Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani in the book Al-Isabah fi tamyiz al Sahabah.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Tarihte İslam Alimleri, Liderler, Bilim Adamları ve Filozoflar". Bismil Haber: Diyarbakır Son Dakika Yerel Haberler (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  2. ^ "Kürt Alim ve İlim Adamları – Sipkan Aşireti Web Sitesi" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  3. ^ Siddiqi, Muhammad (1993). Hadith Literature (PDF). Oxford: The Islamic Texts Society. p. 29. ISBN 0946621381.
  4. ^ Abu Nu'aym, pp. 3073/6.
  5. ^ al-Asqalani, pp. 540–541.

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