3. Fuqaha’ of the Madhab:

o Sa’eed Ibn al-Musayyab  His father and grandfather were Sahabi. They embraced Islam after the conquest of Makkah.  He was the son-in-law of Abu Hurayrah.  He refused to marry his daughter, Fatimah, to one of the Umayyad’s Khalifah and instead married her to one of his students whose wife had died.  He died in 94 Hijri  He was known for his attachment to ‘Umar ibn Al-Khattab and was called Rawiat ‘Umar – The narrator of ‘Umar radi Allahu anha. Almost all the stories of ‘Umar can be found with Sa’eed. o Salim ibn ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar radi Allahu anha  It is enough to say that he was the grandson of ‘Umar ibn Al-Khattab and the son of ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar.  Once someone asked him a question for which he did not know the answer. He refused to give his personal opinion as an answer.  He was considered one of the seven main authorities of Fiqh in Madinah. o Nafi’, Servant of ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Umar  He was a slave, yet he became one of the most important authorities in Islamic law.  He was one of the ‘golden chains’ or most reliable chains of narrators, i.e. “On the authority of Malik from Nafi’ from ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar…”.  Died 120 Hijri.
The Second Madhab: ‘Iraqi School (Ahl al-‘Iraq) Madhab of Ahl ar-Ra’i This madhab was based on Ar-Ra’i and Qiyas i.e. human reasoning and analogy or the personal opinions of the scholars.