Samra ibn Jundab
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Samra ibn Jundab al-Fazari (d. 60 AH / 680 CE) was a sahaba
of Muhammad
.
It was told that Samra owned a tree in an Ansari man's orchard. He would break into the orchard to watch over his tree. The owner of the orchard complained to Muhammad. Muhammad recommended to the owner that he buy the tree from Samra. Samra rejected that; and he rejected the offer of a tree in the Heavenly janna as well. The Prophet then had the tree uprooted and said to Samra, "you do harm to people".
After Abu Musa conquered Khuzistan, he appointed Samra over Suk al-Ahwaz.
Samra then served Muʿawiya. According to tradition, Mu'awiya hired Samra to deliver a sermon to the Syrians with a hadith claiming that Q.2:203-4 was about ʿAli; Muʿawiya paid to him 4000 dirhams for that. Samra also executed 8000 Basrans by the sword.
Samra had a son Sulayman. His descendent Marwan Ibn Jaʿfar b. Saʿd b. Sulayman b. Samra claimed to own Samra's last testament (waṣiʿah) to his sons:
This is associated with a tradition from Ibn Sirin, that this epistle held "much religious knowledge". Samra is also credited with many ahadith. But the Sheikh
s of the Mu'tazilites and their Imam
s and the Hanafi
ulema
generally reject the hadith
narrated by Samra ibn Jundab. Moreover Nadwi
emphasizes this point:
Sahaba
In Islam, the ' were the companions, disciples, scribes and family of the Islamic prophet...
of Muhammad
Muhammad
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.
It was told that Samra owned a tree in an Ansari man's orchard. He would break into the orchard to watch over his tree. The owner of the orchard complained to Muhammad. Muhammad recommended to the owner that he buy the tree from Samra. Samra rejected that; and he rejected the offer of a tree in the Heavenly janna as well. The Prophet then had the tree uprooted and said to Samra, "you do harm to people".
After Abu Musa conquered Khuzistan, he appointed Samra over Suk al-Ahwaz.
Samra then served Muʿawiya. According to tradition, Mu'awiya hired Samra to deliver a sermon to the Syrians with a hadith claiming that Q.2:203-4 was about ʿAli; Muʿawiya paid to him 4000 dirhams for that. Samra also executed 8000 Basrans by the sword.
Samra had a son Sulayman. His descendent Marwan Ibn Jaʿfar b. Saʿd b. Sulayman b. Samra claimed to own Samra's last testament (waṣiʿah) to his sons:
- And hear and obey Allah and His Messenger and His book and the caliphate that is based on God’s command, and the assembly of the Muslims.
- ...
- The Messenger of God was commanding us that he prays every night ... and he was commanding us, that we pray anytime we want in the night and the day, but he commanded us to avoid sun-rise and its setting; and said that the Satan sets with it when it sets, and rises with it when it rises.
- And he commanded us that we memorise all the prayers, and testified to us about the middle prayer (Q. 2), and informed us that is the Asr prayer.
This is associated with a tradition from Ibn Sirin, that this epistle held "much religious knowledge". Samra is also credited with many ahadith. But the Sheikh
Sheikh
Not to be confused with sikhSheikh — also spelled Sheik or Shaikh, or transliterated as Shaykh — is an honorific in the Arabic language that literally means "elder" and carries the meaning "leader and/or governor"...
s of the Mu'tazilites and their Imam
Imam
An imam is an Islamic leadership position, often the worship leader of a mosque and the Muslim community. Similar to spiritual leaders, the imam is the one who leads Islamic worship services. More often, the community turns to the mosque imam if they have a religious question...
s and the Hanafi
Hanafi
The Hanafi school is one of the four Madhhab in jurisprudence within Sunni Islam. The Hanafi madhhab is named after the Persian scholar Abu Hanifa an-Nu‘man ibn Thābit , a Tabi‘i whose legal views were preserved primarily by his two most important disciples, Abu Yusuf and Muhammad al-Shaybani...
ulema
Ulema
Ulama , also spelt ulema, refers to the educated class of Muslim legal scholars engaged in the several fields of Islamic studies. They are best known as the arbiters of shari‘a law...
generally reject the hadith
Hadith
The term Hadīth is used to denote a saying or an act or tacit approval or criticism ascribed either validly or invalidly to the Islamic prophet Muhammad....
narrated by Samra ibn Jundab. Moreover Nadwi
Nadwi
Nadwi may refer to one of the following:*Abdullah Abbas Nadwi Nadwatul Ulama, Islamic scholar*Mohammad Akram Nadwi Indian Islamic scholar*Syed Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi Indian Islamic scholar*Abdul Bari Nadvi, Firangi Mahal Indian Islamic scholar...
emphasizes this point:
- "Imam Abu Hanifa said, 'The companions of the Prophet were generally pious and just. I accept every hadith with evidence narrated by them, but I do not accept the hadith whose source is Abu Huraira, Anas ibn MalikAnas ibn MalikAnas bin Malik ibn Nadar al-Khazraji Al-Ansari was a well-known sahabi of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.He was an Ansar of the Banu Khazraj . He is not to be confused with Malik ibn Anas. Anas ibn Malik, the last of the Companions of the Prophet died at al-Basrah in 93 AH aged 103.-Muhammad's...
, or Samra ibn Jundab."
See also
- Family tree of Samra ibn Jundab