Ma'mar ibn al-Muthanna

Ma'mar ibn al-Muthanna
Ma'mar ibn al-Muthanna
Born	728
Died	825
Nationality	Persian Jewish descent
Other names	Abu Ubayda
Education	Pupil of Abu 'Amr ibn al-'Ala', Yunus ibn Habib and Al-Akhfash al-Akbar
Occupation	Early Muslim scholar of Arabic philology
Notable work	Book of Days

Ma'mar ibn al-Muthanna (728–825) also known as Abu Ubayda (Arabic: أبو عبيدة) was an early Muslim scholar of Arabic philology.^[1] He was a controversial figure; later scholar Ibn Qutayba remarked that Abu Ubayda "hated Arabs," though his contemporaries still considered him perhaps the most well-rounded scholar of his age.^[2] Whether or not Abu Ubayda was truly a supporter of the Shu'ubiyya is a matter of debate.

^ Günter Lüling, A Challenge to Islam for Reformation: The Rediscovery and Reliable Reconstruction of a Comprehensive Pre-Islamic Christian Hymnal Hidden in the Koran Under Earliest Islamic Reinterpretations, pg. 31. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2003. ISBN 9788120819528
^ Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb, Studies on the Civilization of Islam, pg. 67. Volume 21 of Routledge library editions: Islam. London: Routledge, 2013. ISBN 9781135030346

[1] Günter Lüling, A Challenge to Islam for Reformation: The Rediscovery and Reliable Reconstruction of a Comprehensive Pre-Islamic Christian Hymnal Hidden in the Koran Under Earliest Islamic Reinterpretations, pg. 31. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2003. ISBN 9788120819528

[2] Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb, Studies on the Civilization of Islam, pg. 67. Volume 21 of Routledge library editions: Islam. London: Routledge, 2013. ISBN 9781135030346

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