Hisham ibn Urwah
Hisham ibn Urwah | |
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هشام بن عروة | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | c. 680 |
| Died | c. 763 |
| Spouse | Fatima bint Mundhir |
| Era | Caliphate era |
| Region | Muslim scholar |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Muslim leader | |
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Hishām ibn ʿUrwah (Arabic: هشام بن عروة, c. 680–763) was a prominent narrator of hadith.
He was born in Medina in the year 61 A.H. (680 C.E.). His father was Urwah ibn al-Zubayr, the son of Zubayr ibn al-Awwam and Asma bint Abu Bakr, and his mother was an unnamed concubine.
He married Fatima bint Mundhir, and their children were al-Zubayr, Urwah and Muhammad.: 294
As a narrator, Hisham is described as "reliable and firm, with a lot of hadith, and he was an authority." He narrated from his father, Urwah; from his wife, Fatima; and from Wahb ibn Kaysan.: 294 Among his pupils was Malik ibn Anas. The young Muhammad ibn Umar al-Waqidi also listened to him;: 294 however, al-Waqidi would have been only 16 years old when Hisham died.: 388
Hisham died in Baghdad: 294 in 146 A.H. (763 C.E.)