Muhammad ibn Sirin, Jurist and dream interpreter: Scholar in Islamic History

Scholar

ScholarJurist and dream interpreter

Muhammad ibn Sirinمحمد بن سيرين

653-729 CE (33-110 AH)Approximate dateBasra

A Basran scholar famous for strict honesty and for interpreting dreams.

The son of a freedman of Anas ibn Malik, he traded cloth and went to prison for a debt rather than cheat. He was among the first to insist on checking chains of narration: 'This knowledge is religion, so look to whom you take your religion from.'

What grew out of it?

His saying on checking narrators became a founding principle of hadith criticism.

Who else is linked?

Basra Hafsa bint Sirin Anas ibn Malik

Who lived at the same time?

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan Marwan ibn al-Hakam Muawiyah ibn Yazid Yazid ibn Muawiyah Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik

Source: history · Wikipedia

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