Hisham ibn Urwah

Hisham ibn Urwah
هشام بن عروة
Personal
Born
Hisham ibn Urwah ibn Zubayr ibn al-Awwam ibn Khuwaylid al-Qurashi al-Asadi

c. 680
Medina
Diedc. 763
Baghdad
ReligionIslam
SpouseFatima bint Mundhir
EraCaliphate era
RegionMuslim scholar
Main interest(s)Hadith
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Influenced

Hishām ibn ʿUrwah (Arabic: هشام بن عروة, c. 680–763) was a prominent narrator of hadith.

He was born in Medina in the year 61 A.H. (680 C.E.).[2] His father was Urwah ibn al-Zubayr, the son of Zubayr ibn al-Awwam and Asma bint Abu Bakr, and his mother was an unnamed concubine.[3]

He married Fatima bint Mundhir, and their children were al-Zubayr, Urwah and Muhammad.[3]: 294 

As a narrator, Hisham is described as "reliable and firm, with a lot of hadith, and he was an authority." He narrated from his father, Urwah; from his wife, Fatima; and from Wahb ibn Kaysan.[3]: 294  Among his pupils was Malik ibn Anas.[1] The young Muhammad ibn Umar al-Waqidi also listened to him;[3]: 294  however, al-Waqidi would have been only 16 years old when Hisham died.[3]: 388 

Hisham died in Baghdad[3]: 294  in 146 A.H. (763 C.E.)[2]

  1. ^ a b Ayesha's Age
  2. ^ a b Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib, xi, 51: see also Al-Dhahabi, Mīzān al-I'tidāl.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Muhammad ibn Sa'd. The Men of Madina Volume II. Translated by Aisha Bewley. London: Ta-Ha (2000).