Hisham ibn Urwah


Hishām ibn ʿUrwah was a prominent narrator of hadith, son of Urwah ibn al-Zubayr, grandson of Zubayr ibn al-Awwam and Asma bint Abu Bakr. In Medinah, his pupils included people as well known as Malik ibn Anas.
He was born in the year 61 A.H. and died in the year 146 A.H.

Early Islam scholars