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Nafi' mawla Ibn Umar, Freedman of Ibn Umar

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ScholarFreedman of Ibn Umar

Nafi' mawla Ibn Umarنافع مولى ابن عمر

Approximate dateMadinah

The freedman of Ibn Umar, a link in the 'golden chain' of hadith.

Captured in war as a boy, he served Abdullah ibn Umar for some thirty years and absorbed his knowledge. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz sent him to Egypt to teach the Sunnah. Al-Bukhari called 'Malik from Nafi' from Ibn Umar' the soundest chain of all.

What grew out of it?

Hundreds of hadith in the Muwatta and the Sahihs come through him.

Who else is linked?

MadinahMalik ibn AnasAl-BukhariAbdullah ibn UmarUmar ibn Abd al-Aziz

Source: history

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