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« 327 Ibn Ḥayyān, probably Muqāṭil Ibn Ḥayyān (d. 150/767 or 153/770). Ḥadīth authority of Khurasanian origin from among the second generation of Muslims. Ibn Masʿūd, ʿAbd Allāh b. Ghāfil al-Hudhalī (d. 32/652–3). One of the closest Companions of the Prophet and a source of many ḥādīths, including some relating details of the Prophet’s Night Journey and Ascension (Miʿrāj). Of Bedouin origin, he is said to have been either the third or sixth convert to Islam. He heard the Qurʾān from the mouth of the Prophet himself and is thought to have been the first to have recited it in public. He is known both for his reading and »