Zurara ibn Ayun

Shiite narrator and jurist
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Summary

Zurara ibn Ayun was born on January 1, 690[1], in Kufa[2]. He died on 760[3] in Kufa[4]. He worked as an Islamic jurist[5], muhaddith[6], qāriʾ[7], mutakallim[8], and poet[9]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (101 views/month, #7,279 of 1,000,298).[10]

Key Facts

  • Date of birth: 1000[11]
  • Date of death: 760[12], 767[13]
  • Country of citizenship: Umayyad Caliphate[14], Abbasid Caliphate[15]
  • Ethnic group: Byzantine Greeks[16]
  • Occupation: merchant[17]
  • Field of work: fiqh[18], science of hadith[19], qira'at[20], Ilm al-Kalam[21], poetry[22], trade[23]
  • Religion or worldview: Islam[24], Shia Islam[25], Twelver Shiism[26]
  • Sex or gender: male[27]
  • Given name: Zurara[28]
  • Student of: Muhammad al-Baqir[29], Jaafar Al-Sadiq[30]
  • Described by source: al-Aʻlām (Dār al-ʻIlm, 2002)[31]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: Arabic[32]
  • Name in native language: زرارة بن أعين[33]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikiproject:Islamic Courts & Canons[34]

Why It Matters

Zurara ibn Ayun is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

FAQs

Where was Zurara ibn Ayun born?

Zurara ibn Ayun's place of birth was Kufa[2].

Where did Zurara ibn Ayun die?

Zurara ibn Ayun died in Kufa[4].

What did Zurara ibn Ayun do for work?

Zurara ibn Ayun worked as an Islamic jurist[5], muhaddith[6], qāriʾ[7], mutakallim[8], and poet[9].

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  1. [2] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [8] ↑ . al-Aʻlām (Dār al-ʻIlm, 2002). wikidata.org.
  16. [9] ↑ . al-Aʻlām (Dār al-ʻIlm, 2002). wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [13] ↑ . al-Aʻlām (Dār al-ʻIlm, 2002). wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . al-Aʻlām (Dār al-ʻIlm, 2002). wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7h ago · Alsadah · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native language → —
    Languages spoken, written or signed → Arabic
    Field of work → fiqh, science of hadith, qira'at +3
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Native language: Greek"
  2. 8d ago · Alsadah · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → Islamic jurist, muhaddith, qāriʾ +3
    Field of work → fiqh, science of hadith, qira'at +3
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'bn', 'en', 'fa', 'pnb', 'ru', 'tg', 'ur']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Field of work: qira'at"
  3. 4w ago · Alsadah · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → al-Aʻlām (Dār al-ʻIlm, 2002)
    Occupation → Islamic jurist, muhaddith, qāriʾ +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Occupation: qāriʾ"
  4. 8w ago · ForzaGreen · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Name in native language → {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'زرارة بن أعين'}
    Date of death → +0760-00-00T00:00:00Z, +0760-00-00T00:00:00Z, +0760-00-00T00:00:00Z +1
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Name in native language: زرارة بن أعين, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269157|batch #269157]]"
  5. 10w ago · Alsadah · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → إمَام أَهلِ الحَديْث زُرَارَة بِن أَعيَن.png
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: إمَام أَهلِ الحَديْث زُرَارَة بِن أَعيَن.png"
  6. 13w ago · Alsadah · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → —
    Instance of → human
    Citizenship → —
    Native language → —
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Occupation: merchant"
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