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Asad ibn ʿAmr al-Bajalī

أسد بن عمرو البجلي

Al-Ṣaymarī reports that Asad served as a judge for al-Rashīd after Abū Yūsuf. He accompanied the caliph on pilgrimage, travelling alongside him. His kunya was Abū ʿAmr.

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ومن أصحاب أبي حنيفة: أبو عمرو أسد بن عمرو البجلي.

ولي القضاء بعد أبي يوسف للرشيد، وحج معه معادلا له، ويكنى أبا عمرو.

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Among Abū Ḥanīfa’s companions was Abū ʿAmr Asad ibn ʿAmr al-Bajalī.

He held the judgeship for al-Rashīd after Abū Yūsuf, and performed the pilgrimage with him, riding alongside him. His kunya was Abū ʿAmr.

Sources: Al-Afghānī · p. 155 / Baktāsh · p. 258

Both report texts and their locations have been checked against the supplied scans. Punctuation and spacing are lightly normalized; editorial dates and entry numbers are kept outside the report text.

Editorial biographical information

  • Death date printed by the modern editor: 188 AH. Baktāsh edition, p. 258. This is not a date stated in the older report text.
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Baktāsh adds a death date of 188 AH beside Asad’s name. This is part of the modern presentation; the report’s narrative agrees in the two scans. It is kept outside the Arabic matn.

  • Al-Afghānī edition, p. 155.
  • Baktāsh edition, p. 258, companion entry 3.

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