Alqama ibn Qays al-Nakha'i () (d. was a well-known scholar from among the '' taba'een'' and pupil of Abd-Allah ibn Mas'ud, who called him the most erudite of his disciples. He also related traditions from Ali ibn Abi Talib,

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(Sa`d ibn Malik) and `Uthman. 'Alqama is the founder of the School of

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religious sciences. He followed in the footsteps of Ibn Mas‘ud in praying and conduct, in practising Islam as a whole. Amr ibn Shurahbil al-Sha'bi, who was among the scholars who narrated ''ahadith'' from 'Alqama, frequently suggested to those near him: ‘Come and let us go to the one who resembles Ibn Mas‘ud the most in conduct and attitudes.’I. Sa’d, 6.86; Abu Nu‘aym, 2.98 His major student was Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, a faqih from

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Abu Hanifa, who is generally accepted as one of the greatest of Muslim jurists, admired 'Alqama so much that he used to comment: ‘'Alqama is probably more profound in (knowledge) of ''

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'' than some Companions.’

Early Islam scholars

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