Amr ibn Dinar al-Makki

Amr ibn Dinar al-Jumahi al-Makki (46–126 AH / 666–744 CE) was one of the greatest Tabiun scholars of Mecca, a hadith master and jurist whose narrations form a cornerstone of the Meccan scholarly tradition. He was a mawla (client) of the Jumah clan of Quraysh, born in Mecca, and spent his entire scholarly career there.

He sat with and learned from a remarkable number of Companions and senior Tabiun: Ibn Abbas, Ibn Umar, Jabir ibn Abd Allah, Abu al-Tufayl, and many others. His access to the major Companions of the late first century made him one of the richest sources of hadith in the Meccan tradition. He was particularly close to Ibn Abbas's circle, which shaped his approach to Quranic interpretation.

He became the leading hadith scholar of Mecca in his generation and taught virtually all the major scholars who came to that city. Among his most important students was Ibn Jurayj (Abd al-Malik ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Jurayj), who became the first major author of compiled scholarly works and is credited with pioneering the genre of the musannaf (organized collection) in hadith literature.

He died in Mecca in 126 AH at around 80 years of age. His narrations are found in all the major hadith collections, and his standing as one of the most reliable Meccan transmitters is uncontested. He was known for his sharpness in criticism of unreliable narrators and his careful attention to the accuracy of transmission — qualities that made him a respected figure in the early hadith critical tradition.