Hammad ibn Salama

Abu Salma Hammad ibn Salamah ibn Dinar al-Basri (; died 167 AH/783 CE

He was a client (mawla) of either Banu Tamim or Quraysh.

Life Ibn Salamah was born roughly in and died of natural causes in . In hadith, or recorded statements and actions of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, he was a narrator for later scholars Ibn Jurayj, Sufyan al-Thawri and Abdullah ibn Mubarak. and he is quoted in both Sahih Muslim and Sahih al-Bukhari, the two most significant collections for Sunni Muslims.

Death and legacy Ibn Hibban says: Whoever claims that the difference between Hamad bin Zayd bin Dirham and Hamad bin Salama bin Dinar is the difference between a dirham and a dinar is delusional because Hamad bin Zayd was more knowledgeable and correct than Hamad bin Salama. However, Hamad bin Salama was more pious and pious than Hamad bin Zayd.