Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri
Is it established that ʿAṭāʾ ibn Dīnār heard directly from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr?
It is not established that ʿAṭāʾ ibn Dīnār heard directly from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr. However, he did possess a written collection (ṣaḥīfah) of Saʿīd ibn Jubayr’s tafsīr.
Therefore, when ʿAṭāʾ ibn Dīnār narrates tafsīr from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, the narration is considered connected (muttasil) because it comes from the ṣaḥīfah. But having access to the ṣaḥīfah does not mean that ʿAṭāʾ personally heard from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr.
✔ Imam Aḥmad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-Miṣrī رحمه الله (248 AH):
“ʿAṭāʾ ibn Dīnār is among the trustworthy scholars of Egypt. His tafsīr, which he narrates from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, is from a ṣaḥīfah, and this does not indicate that he actually heard from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr.”
(الجرح والتعديل لابن أبي حاتم: 6/332, with authentic chain)
Conclusion:
ʿAṭāʾ ibn Dīnār did not directly hear from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, though he transmitted his tafsīr through a written ṣaḥīfah. Thus, narrations from him are connected via the written record but do not establish direct auditory transmission (samāʿ).
◈ Question:
Is it established that ʿAṭāʾ ibn Dīnār heard directly from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr?
◈ Answer:
It is not established that ʿAṭāʾ ibn Dīnār heard directly from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr. However, he did possess a written collection (ṣaḥīfah) of Saʿīd ibn Jubayr’s tafsīr.
Therefore, when ʿAṭāʾ ibn Dīnār narrates tafsīr from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, the narration is considered connected (muttasil) because it comes from the ṣaḥīfah. But having access to the ṣaḥīfah does not mean that ʿAṭāʾ personally heard from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr.
❀ Statement of the Scholars
✔ Imam Aḥmad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-Miṣrī رحمه الله (248 AH):
“ʿAṭāʾ ibn Dīnār is among the trustworthy scholars of Egypt. His tafsīr, which he narrates from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, is from a ṣaḥīfah, and this does not indicate that he actually heard from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr.”
(الجرح والتعديل لابن أبي حاتم: 6/332, with authentic chain)
Conclusion:ʿAṭāʾ ibn Dīnār did not directly hear from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, though he transmitted his tafsīr through a written ṣaḥīfah. Thus, narrations from him are connected via the written record but do not establish direct auditory transmission (samāʿ).
