Kufa
Teachers who lived here
Ammar ibn Yasir
Ammar ibn Yasir (569–657)
governor (wali) of Kufa under Umar 642–645
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (594–653)
taught / qadi / treasurer 642–652
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (595–674)
commander 636–642
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Ali ibn Abi Talib (600–661)
made capital / ruled / assassinated 656–661
Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan
Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan (602–680)
consolidated rule 661
Hasan ibn Ali
Hasan ibn Ali (625–670)
acclaimed caliph 661
al-Sha'bi
al-Sha'bi (640–721)
born / studied / qadi / died 640–721
Mujahid ibn Jabr
Mujahid ibn Jabr (642–722)
Ali Zayn al-Abidin
Ali Zayn al-Abidin (659–713)
paraded as captive 680
Sa'id ibn Jubayr
Sa'id ibn Jubayr (665–714)
born / lived / taught 665
Ibrahim al-Nakha'i
Ibrahim al-Nakha'i (667–714)
Zayd ibn Ali
Zayd ibn Ali (695–740)
led the revolt / died / buried 740
Abu Hanifa
Abu Hanifa (699–767)
born / lived / studied / taught 699–767
Ja'far al-Sadiq
Ja'far al-Sadiq (702–765)
Ibn Ishaq
Ibn Ishaq (704–767)
Sufyan al-Thawri
Sufyan al-Thawri (716–778)
raised, studied, taught 716–765
al-Sayyid al-Himyari
al-Sayyid al-Himyari (723–795)
Sufyan ibn Uyayna
Sufyan ibn Uyayna (725–814)
returned (visit) 743
al-Fudayl ibn Iyad
al-Fudayl ibn Iyad (725–803)
Yahya ibn Zayd
Yahya ibn Zayd (726–743)
fled from (his father's revolt) 740
Abu Yusuf
Abu Yusuf (729–798)
born / studied 729
Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak
Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak (736–797)
Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak
Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak (736–797)
studied 759
Waki' ibn al-Jarrah
Waki' ibn al-Jarrah (746–812)
Muhammad al-Shaybani
Muhammad al-Shaybani (749–805)
raised / studied 750
al-Farra'
al-Farra' (761–822)
born 761
Ibn Abi Shayba
Ibn Abi Shayba (775–849)
Yahya ibn Ma'in
Yahya ibn Ma'in (775–848)
Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780–855)
studied (sought hadith) 802
al-Darimi
al-Darimi (797–869)
al-Kindi
al-Kindi (801–873)
born 801
Muhammad al-Bukhari
Muhammad al-Bukhari (810–870)
Dawud al-Zahiri
Dawud al-Zahiri (815–884)
born 815
Ibn Majah
Ibn Majah (824–887)
Ibn Qutayba
Ibn Qutayba (828–889)
born 828
Al-Mutanabbi
Al-Mutanabbi (915–965)
born 915–924
Ibn Babawayh (al-Shaykh al-Saduq)
Ibn Babawayh (al-Shaykh al-Saduq) (918–991)
al-Daraqutni
al-Daraqutni (918–995)
Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani
Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (948–1038)
studied (rihla) 967–968
al-Najashi
al-Najashi (982–?)
born 982
al-Khatib al-Baghdadi
al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (1002–1071)
Al-Istakhri
Al-Istakhri (?–957)
Hisham ibn al-Hakam
Hisham ibn al-Hakam (?–795)
Ibn Hawshab
Ibn Hawshab (?–914)
al-Kisa'i
al-Kisa'i (?–805)