'''Hishām ibn ʿUrwah''' ({{lang-ar|هشام بن عروة}}, {{circa|680–763}}) was a prominent [[narrators of hadith|narrator of hadith]], son of [[Urwah ibn al-Zubayr]], grandson of [[Zubayr ibn al-Awwam]] and [[Asma bint Abu Bakr]]. In Medinah, his pupils included people as well known as [[Malik ibn Anas]].<ref name=ilaam/>
'''Hishām ibn ʿUrwah''' ({{lang-ar|هشام بن عروة}}, {{circa|680–763}}) was a prominent [[narrators of hadith|narrator of hadith]].
He was born in the year 61 A.H. (680 C.E.) and died in the year 146 A.H. (763 CE)<ref>Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib, xi, 51: see also Al-Dhahabi, Mīzān al-I'tidāl.
He was born in Medina in the year 61 A.H. (680 C.E.).<ref name="Ibn Hajar">Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib, xi, 51: see also Al-Dhahabi, Mīzān al-I'tidāl.</ref> His father was [[Urwah ibn al-Zubayr]], the son of [[Zubayr ibn al-Awwam]] and [[Asma bint Abu Bakr]], and his mother was an unnamed concubine.<ref name="IbnSa'd5">Muhammad ibn Sa'd. ''The Men of Madina Volume II.'' Translated by Aisha Bewley. London: Ta-Ha (2000).</ref>
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He married [[Fatima bint Mundhir]], and their children were al-Zubayr, Urwah and Muhammad.<ref name="IbnSa'd5"/>{{rp|294}}
As a narrator, Hisham is described as "reliable and firm, with a lot of ''hadith'', and he was an authority." He narrated from his father, Urwah; from his wife, Fatima; and from Wahb ibn Kaysan.<ref name="IbnSa'd5"/>{{rp|294}} Among his pupils was [[Malik ibn Anas]].<ref name=ilaam/> The young [[Muhammad ibn Umar al-Waqidi|Al-Waqidi]] also listened to him;<ref name="IbnSa'd5"/>{{rp|294}} however, al-Waqidi would have been only 16 years old when Hisham died.<ref name="IbnSa'd5"/>{{rp|388}}
Hisham died in Baghdad<ref name="IbnSa'd5"/>{{rp|294}} in 146 A.H. (763 C.E.)<ref name="Ibn Hajar"/>
==See also==
==See also==
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Early Muslim scholar (c.680-763)
Hisham ibn Urwah
هشام بن عروة
Arabic Calligraphy Of Hisham ibn Urwah's name
Born
Hisham ibn Urwah ibn Zubayr ibn al-Awwam ibn Khuwaylid al-Qurashi al-Asadi
He married Fatima bint Mundhir, and their children were al-Zubayr, Urwah and Muhammad.[3]: 294
As a narrator, Hisham is described as "reliable and firm, with a lot of hadith, and he was an authority." He narrated from his father, Urwah; from his wife, Fatima; and from Wahb ibn Kaysan.[3]: 294 Among his pupils was Malik ibn Anas.[1] The young Al-Waqidi also listened to him;[3]: 294 however, al-Waqidi would have been only 16 years old when Hisham died.[3]: 388
Hisham died in Baghdad[3]: 294 in 146 A.H. (763 C.E.)[2]