As-Samīʿ

How the scholars invoke As-Samīʿ.

1. "peace and blessings be upon him, seventy surahs, and no one disputed with me about them." Ibrahim ibn al-Hajjaj al-Sami narrated from Salam Abu al-Mundhir, from Asim, who said, "I brought him a hollowed-out rock, and he milked into it. He said, 'I embraced Islam and came to him.'" Another narration comes from Sa'd, who said, "We were with the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and we were six. The polytheists said, 'Drive these away from you, so they do not dare against us.' I was there, along with Ibn Mas'ud, a man from Hudhayl, and two others whose names I have forgotten."

   — Imam al-Dhahabī, Volume 1

2. "and al-Hasan ibn Isa ibn al-Muqtadir narrated to us, and Ahmad ibn Mansur al-Yashkuri narrated to us, and Abu Abdullah ibn Arafah narrated to us, and Muhammad ibn Musa al-Sami narrated to us, and Rawh ibn Aslam narrated to us, and Hammad ibn Salamah narrated from Ata ibn al-Sa'ib, from Abu al-Bakhtari, from Salman, who said: There was a beautiful woman among the Children of Israel, and she was married to a man who worked with a spade."

   — Imam al-Dhahabī, Volume 1

3. "Khalifa Ibn A'di al-Khazraji, Kulayd Ibn Qais Ibn al-Numan Ibn Sinan Ibn Ubaid al-Ansari al-Salami, and Kunays Ibn Hudhafas Ibn A'di Ibn Sa'd Ibn Sa'm Ibn Amr Ibn Hussays Ibn Kab Ibn Luway al-Sami, who was killed that day, leaving Hafsa, the daughter of Umar Ibn al-Khattab. Qawad Ibn Jubayr al-Ansari struck him with his arrow and received his reward, although he did not witness the battle himself."

   — Ibn Kathir, Volume 3 — The Sīrah: From the First Revelation to Badr

4. "It also indicates another attribute through necessity. For instance, the name "As-Sami'" (The All-Hearing) indicates the essence of the Lord and His hearing comprehensively. It also implies the essence alone and the hearing alone. Additionally, it indicates the name "Al-Hayy" (The Ever-Living) and the attribute of life through necessity."

   — Ibn al-Qayyim, Volume One