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Salim ibn Abdullah ibn Umar al-Adawi was a leading Tabi'i scholar of Medina and one of the seven renowned jurists of the city whose collective legal opinions shaped the foundations of classical Islamic jurisprudence. He was the son of the Companion Abdullah ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), one of the most scrupulous and prolific Companion narrators. Growing up in his father's household, Salim absorbed an enormous body of prophetic narrations and the detailed Sunnah-based practice of his father, making him one of the most reliable transmitters of Ibn Umar's hadith corpus. Imam Malik ibn Anas, who relied on Salim extensively in his Muwatta, considered the chain of Malik from Nafi from Ibn Umar as among the most authentic in the science of hadith — and Salim represents another primary route for Ibn Umar's narrations. Salim was known for his strict adherence to the Sunnah, his refusal to compromise his religious convictions, and his deep knowledge of Islamic law. He passed away around 106 AH. His narrations appear prominently in Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, the Muwatta, and all major Sunan.