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Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali

Zalim bin 'Amr b. Sufyan b. Jandal b. Ya'mur b. Hunsh(Hulays) b. Tha'laba b. 'Ady b. al-Dayl

Abu al-Aswad

There are different versions of his name.<br> He was apartisan poet of the Shi'a. He was reliable in hadith. When 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas resigned as governor and left Basra, he delegated Abu'l Asward, ad-Du'ali in charge of it and 'Ali ibn Abi Talib conformed him. Said to be the founder of Arabic grammar,invented a system of providing fathah, dammah and kasra to indicate some vowel sounds.

Kunya
Abu al-Aswad
Also known as
أبو الأسود الديلي/الدؤلي
Died
69 AH/688 CE
Lived in
Kufa, Basra
Class
tabi'i

Hadith appearances

39 hadiths · 6 collections

Hadith transmissions

Hadiths in which this narrator appears, with their position in the chain.

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Classical evidence · أقوال الجرح والتعديل

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    There are different versions of his name.<br> He was apartisan poet of the Shi'a. He was reliable in hadith. When 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas resigned as governor and left Basra, he delegated Abu'l Asward, ad-Du'ali in charge of it and 'Ali ibn Abi Talib conformed him. Said to be the founder of Arabic grammar,invented a system of providing fathah, dammah and kasra to indicate some vowel sounds.