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Mujahid ibn Jabr, Student of Ibn Abbas in tafsir

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ScholarStudent of Ibn Abbas in tafsir

Mujahid ibn Jabrمجاهد بن جبر

Approximate dateMakkah

He read the whole Quran to Ibn Abbas, stopping at every verse to ask about it.

A freedman of Makkah, he said he went through the Quran with Ibn Abbas three times, asking at each verse when and why it came down. His explanations are among the most quoted in later tafsir works such as al-Tabari's.

What grew out of it?

The Makkan school of tafsir rests largely on him.

Who else is linked?

MakkahAl-TabariAbdullah ibn Abbas

Who lived at the same time?

Muhammad ﷺYazid ibn MuawiyahMuawiyah ibn YazidMarwan ibn al-HakamAbd al-Malik ibn MarwanConstans IIAl-Walid ibn Abd al-MalikSulayman ibn Abd al-Malik

Source: history · Wikipedia

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