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Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (RA)

عبد الله بن مسعود

d. 32/33 AH date disputed

A shepherd who became one of the greatest Quran reciters and jurists among the companions. The Prophet ﷺ told people to learn the Quran from him; his school in Kufa shaped Hanafi jurisprudence.

Biography

Ibn Mas'ud was among the first converts and the first to recite the Quran publicly in Makkah after the Prophet ﷺ, for which he was beaten (sirah). The Prophet ﷺ said 'Learn the Quran from four: Ibn Mas'ud, Salim, Mu'adh and Ubayy' (Sahih Bukhari) and asked him to recite to him, weeping at 4:41 (Sahih Bukhari).

Umar sent him to Kufa as teacher and treasury officer; his students (Alqamah, al-Aswad) passed his method to Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, Hammad and Abu Hanifah. He died in Madinah around 32 AH.

Sources & explanation

۞ Qur'an

No specific verses cited for this node.

📜 Hadith verified on sunnah.com

  • Sahih al-Bukhari 5050 Sahih

    The Prophet ﷺ asked Ibn Mas'ud to recite to him; at 4:41 he said 'enough' with tears in his eyes.

  • Sahih al-Bukhari 3808 Sahih

    'Learn the Qur'an from four: 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, Salim, Mu'adh ibn Jabal and Ubayy ibn Ka'b.'

💬 Explanation Unverified

Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's perspective

Methodological note (not a direct quote): Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's widely known approach is to build narratives primarily on the Quran and Sahih Hadith, to set aside Israiliyat (Judeo-Christian lore absorbed into later tafsir) and weak or fabricated narrations, and to avoid sectarian framing. Applied to this node: Sahih Bukhari reports.

Further references

  • Sahih Bukhari ('learn the Quran from four')
  • Sahih Bukhari (recitation of 4:41)

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