Amr ibn Dinar

Amr ibn Dinar (, ) was a seventh-century Muslim jurist and hadith transmitter from the tabi'un who served as the mufti of Mecca.

Biography Amr ibn Dinar's exact date of birth is unknown, but Islamic biographical dictionaries estimate it to be around . He was a mawla of either Banu Maddhij or the Banu Jumah. In his early years, he attended the study circles of Ibn Abbas' students, possibly in Mecca and Ta'if. He also disapproved of them writing down hadith narrated through him, although several, including Ibn Uyaynah, transmitted hadith from him in written form regardless.

Amr died around and was succeeded as mufti by his peer Ibn Abi Najih.