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hakim:6283Abū ʿAbdullāh > Ismāʿīl b. Isḥāq > Ibn Numayr > Abū Usāmah > al-Aʿmash > Mujāhid

[Machine] Ibn Abbas used to be called "the sea" due to his vast knowledge.  

الحاكم:٦٢٨٣وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ ثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يُسَمَّى الْبَحْرَ لِكَثْرَةِ عِلْمِهِ»  


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hakim:6285Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. ʿAffān > Abū Usāmah > al-Aʿmash > Mujāhid

[Machine] Ibn Abbas was called the sea due to the abundance of his knowledge.  

الحاكم:٦٢٨٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَفَّانَ ثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يُسَمَّى الْبَحْرَ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ عِلْمِهِ»