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Sa'id ibn Jubayr, Tafsir scholar killed by al-Hajjaj

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ScholarTafsir scholar killed by al-Hajjaj

Sa'id ibn Jubayrسعيد بن جبير

Approximate dateKufa

A student of Ibn Abbas, executed by al-Hajjaj for joining a revolt against him.

A freedman of Kufa, he learned tafsir from Ibn Abbas and was one of its leading scholars. After the failed revolt of Ibn al-Ash'ath he hid for years, then was caught and executed at Wasit. Al-Hajjaj died within months, and tradition says the memory of him haunted the governor.

What grew out of it?

His courage before a tyrant became a byword among scholars.

Who else is linked?

KufaAbdullah ibn AbbasUmayyad Caliphate

Who lived at the same time?

Marwan ibn al-HakamAbd al-Malik ibn MarwanMuawiyah ibn YazidYazid ibn MuawiyahAl-Walid ibn Abd al-MalikConstans IIAta ibn Abi RabahIbrahim al-Nakha'i

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