Ibn Jurayj
Ibn Jurayj (Arabic: ابن جريج) (died AH 150, c. AD 767) was an Islamic scholar.
He is counted among the Taba' at-Tabi'in and narrated many Isra'iliyat.
Name
Abd al-Malik ibn Abd al-'Aziz ibn Jurayj (Jurayj is Arabic transliteration of Gregory or George)
Biography
His father was a Muslim scholar and his grandfather Jurayj (Gregorius, or Georgius) was a Roman Christian. His life is described in Tahdhib al-Tahdhib by Ibn Hajar Asqalani.
He collected hadith in Mecca
One of his most quoted sources is Ata ibn Abi Rabah, his teacher.
Legacy
Works
His narrations are quoted in Sunan Abu Da'ud
In the Muwatta of Muhammed Ibn al-Hasan Introduction, it is stated:
Sunni view
Sunnis praise him with the title imam. Al-Dhahabi, a 14th century Sunni Islamic scholar writes:
Abu Uwana narrated in his Sahih that Ibn Jurayj said in Basra about Mut'ah: "Bear witness that I have reverted back from it (from allowing it)", after he told them 18 narrations that it is okay.
Non-Muslim view
Harald Motzki, a 21st-century Non-Muslim Islamic scholar states:
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