دور حماد بن زيد (ت179ه-795م)‎ و علومه في دعم النهضة الفكرية الإسلامية في بداياتها

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Hammad bin Zaid was one of those who witnessed the marvelous start, which was establishing to an Islamic Arab civilization.

The maturity and the rise of this civilization was going hand in hand with the time of Hamad's life span from his birth in ( 98 AH - 716 AD ) until his death in ( 179 AH - 795 AD ).

It was the time of the most important events and political changes of that period, which culminated in the fall of the Umayyad dynasty ( 41-132 AH / 661-749 AD ) , and the establishment of the Abbasid dynasty ( 132-656 AH / 749-1258 AD ).

Hammad did neither take any role in those events, nor had any connection with a Caliph.

.He had only few meetings with the princes of his city of Basra, where he was born, lived , died and buried.

Hammad was the pioneer scholar of the city of Basra, he was a descendent of a well-known knowledgeable family, originally from the captivity of Sajestan city in the Muslim East.

Their grandfather was a captive who was owned by the tribe of Alozd Aljhadm, he embraced Islam became a member of them by loyalty until they set him free from slavery and he got a grand position in Basra, Hammad began to learn at the hands of grand scholars and highly knowledgeable people of different prevailing sciences at that period .Then, he became knowledgeable in the different readings and interpretation of the holy Quran and the authentic narrations of the prophet Muhammad (known as hadith).

He became a comprehensive scholar followed by many students who became later prominent figures in that city.

Hammad learnt all the hadith by heart he did not use to write it although he was able to do so.

His students and disciples conveyed about four thousand authentic narrations of the prophet Muhammad (known as hadith), His work enriched several famous books.

He was proficient, jurist, pious and a trustworthy scholar who was praised by his contemporaries, elders and disciples.