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Ikrimah mawla Ibn Abbas, Freedman of Ibn Abbas

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ScholarFreedman of Ibn Abbas

Ikrimah mawla Ibn Abbasعكرمة مولى ابن عباس

Approximate dateMakkah

A Berber freedman who carried Ibn Abbas's tafsir to many lands.

Ibn Abbas taught him the Quran and Sunnah, reportedly binding his feet to keep him at his studies. He travelled widely, to Egypt, Yemen, Khurasan and the Maghreb, and his reports on the meaning of verses run all through the classical commentaries.

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MakkahAbdullah ibn Abbas

Source: history

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