Hammad ibn Salamah
Hammad ibn Salamah | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Died | 167 AH/783 CE |
| Era | Abbasid era |
| Region | Abbasid Caliphate |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith, Arabic language |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Creed | Sunni, Athari |
| Muslim leader | |
Influenced | |
Abu Salma Hammad ibn Salamah ibn Dinar al-Basri (Arabic: حماد بن سلمة بن دينار البصري; died 167 AH/783 CE), the son of Salamah ibn Dinar, was a prominent narrator of hadith and one of the earliest grammarians of the Arabic language. He was noted to have had a great influence on his student, Sibawayh.
He was a client (mawla) of either Banu Tamim or Quraysh. He was from the generation of the Tabi‘ al-Tabi‘in, one of the early generations of Islam.