Musa ibn 'Uqba al-Asadī (Arabic: موسى بن عقبة; 665–758), known with his honorific as Mūsā ibn ʿUqba, was an early Medinan historian and traditionalist, and pupil of Imam Zuhri and was a slave of the family of Zubair. Imam Malik was his pupil in this art and was full of praise of him, and was also an expert on maghāzī, the military expeditions in which the Prophet of Islam Muhammad personally participated.[1]
Musa ibn 'Uqba al-Asadī | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | c. 665 CE |
| Died | c. 758 CE |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | Tabi'un |
| Notable work(s) | Kitāb al-maghāzī |
| Muslim leader | |
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He composed a Kitāb al-maghāzī (Book on maghāzī). This work does not survive as a complete work, however a fragment was cited by other historians after him such as al-Wāqidī, Ṭabarī and Ibn Kathīr.[1] A manuscript of Kitab al-maghazi was rediscovered and published in 2022.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Mūsā b. ʿUḳba". Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Brill. 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
- ^ "بحمد الله، شرع في طبع مغازي الإمام موسى بن عقبة المدني المطرفي (ت 141 ه)، وهي أصح سيرة وأقدمها بإطلاق، بعد أن أعثرنا الله على نسختها الفريدة، ووقع تحقيقها وتخريج أحاديثها؛ وهذا بلا ريب فتح في المعلم". Twitter.com. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
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