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{{Short description|Islamic scholar and jurist (died 682)}}
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'''Masruq ibn al-Ajda'''' ([[Arabic]] '''{{lang|ar|مَسْرُوقْ بِنْ اَلْأَجْدَع}}''', died 682) was a well-known and respected ''tabi'i'' (from ''[[taba'een]]''), jurist and ''muĥaddith'' (transmitter of Prophetic traditions or ''[[hadith]]''). Chiefly a resident of [[Kufa]] ([[Iraq]]) he was among the many students of [[Abdullah ibn Mas'ud]]. Masruq would later become a popular teacher in his own right including future Islamic scholars such as [[Al-Nakhai|Ibrahim al-Nakha'i]] and others as his pupils. He is said to have fought on the side of [[caliph]] [[Ali ibn Abi Talib]] (died 661) against the [[Kharijites]] in 658.<ref>Mashahir, 101; ''Tarikh Baghdad'', XIII. 232-5</ref>

[[Al-Dhahabi]] included Masruq in his book ''Siyar A'lam al-Nubala''<ref>Dar al-Fikr ed. 7:410</ref> among those who are to be imitated (''al-muqalladûn'') in character and ''[[ibadah]]'' by following Muslim generations. It is said that Masruq worshipped [[Allah]] very earnestly and that he used to sleep in ''sajdah'' ([[prostration]]) before the [[Kaaba]]. When people suggested him repose in his last illness, he answered: ‘I swear by God that if someone appeared and told me that God would not punish me at all, still I would continue to pray to Him with the same earnestness as before.’<ref>''Why do the two generations succeeding the companions have an exalted place in Islam?'' Islamanswers.net</ref>

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