Cabaran bila baca kitab atau apa saja buku agama berbahasa melayu termasuklah tafsir, kita selalu jumpa nama imam atau tokoh silam. Tapi tiada clue disertakan tentang siapa mereka. Contoh bila baca sebuah tafsir maka jumpa nama Mujahid. Siapa Mujahid ni? Ulama qirati ke, mufasirin ke, ulama hadis ke?.
Baca lagi jumpa pulak kat bab lain atau ayat lain nama Ibn Mujahid. Bunyi nama macam sama. Mereka orang yang sama ke? Jawapannya bukan orang yang sama. Memang ada Imam Mujahid dan memang juga ada Imam Ibn Mujahid.
Jadi persoalan pulak siapa Imam Mujahid. Siapa Imam Ibn Mujahid?
Petikan wiki tentang Imam Mujahid (link):
The full name of Mujahid is Abu'l-Hajjaj Mujahid ibn Jabir al-Qari (642–722 CE) was a Tabi' and one of the major early Islamic scholars. His tafsir of the Qur'an (exegesis or commentary) is believed to be the earliest existing written exegetical source, although only fragments of it have reached us from the Umayyad era.
Mujahid bin Jabir hidup antara 21-104H atau 642-722M, adalah seorang ulama besar yang termasuk golongan tabi'in. Ia adalah seorang imam, ahli feqah, serta banyak meriwayatkan hadis dengan derajat periwayatan yang dianggap sangat terpercaya (tsiqah). Imam Mujahid menjadi rujukan dalam hal membaca (qira'at) dan memahami tafsir Al-Qur'an dan hadits.
Petikan wiki tentang Imam Ibn Mujahid (link):
The full name of Ibn Mujahid is Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Mūsā ibn al-ʿAbbās Ibn Mujāhid al-ʿAṭashī, 859/860 – 936, was an Islamic scholar most notable for establishing and delineating the seven canonical Quranic readings (qira'at) in his work Kitāb al-sabʿa fī l-qirāʾāt. He was also notable for delivering the charge of heretical Quranic exegesis that reopened the trial of Mansur al-Hallaj, which ultimately led to his execution on the orders of the Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir.
Baca biografi imam mujahid. jaringan santri (link).