Yahyā ibn Bukayr and al-Fallās stated that Abū Wāqid al-Laythī died in 68 AH.
Al-Wāqidī, however, said that he died in 65 AH.
The author adds: His ḥadiths are found in the Six Canonical Books.
124 – Maʿqil ibn Yasār al-Muzanī, of Basra * (ʿ)
He was among those who took part in the Pledge of Riḍwān.
He narrated from the Prophet ﷺ and from al-Nuʿmān ibn Muqarrin.
Among those who transmitted from him were ʿImrān ibn Ḥuṣayn—despite his seniority—, al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī, Abū al-Malīḥ ibn Usāmah, Muʿāwiyah ibn Qurrat al-Muzanī, ʿAlqamah ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Muzanī, and others.
Muḥammad ibn Saʿd said, “We know of no other Companion whose kunya was Abū ʿAlī apart from him.”
He died in Basra toward the end of Muʿāwiyah’s caliphate.
125 – Maʿqil ibn Sinān al-Ashjaʿī ** (4)
He enjoyed the privilege of Companionship and transmitted ḥadiths.
He carried the banner of the tribe of Ashjaʿ on the Day of the Conquest, and he is the narrator of the account of