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Al-Ḥārith ibn Suwayd al-Taymī al-Kūfī, Abū ʿĀʾishah — an imam, trustworthy, and of lofty standing.
He related reports from ʿUmar, Ibn Masʿūd, and ʿAlī. His teknonym is Abū ʿĀʾishah.
Those who transmitted from him include Ibrāhīm al-Taymī, Ashʿath ibn Abī al-Shaʿthāʾ, ʿUmārah ibn ʿUmayr, and others.
His narrations are few and he died early on. Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal mentioned him, spoke of him with great respect, and elevated his rank.
Ibn Maʿīn said, “Reliable.” Ibn Saʿd stated, “He died at the end of Ibn al-Zubayr’s rule.”
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ʿUbayd ibn ʿUmayr ibn Qatādah al-Laythī al-Jundʿaʿī al-Makkī — the preacher and Qurʾanic exegete.
He was born during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
He narrated from his father as well as from ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, ʿAlī, Abū Dharr, ʿĀʾishah, Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī, Ibn ʿAbbās, and a number of others.
(*) Ibn Saʿd, al-Tabaqat, 6/167; Khalifa, al-Tabaqat, nos. 994 and 1020; al-Bukhari, al-Tarikh, 2/269; Ibn Abi Hatim, al-Jarh wa-l-Taʿdil, part 2 of vol. 1, p. 75; Abu Nuʿaym, Hilyat al-awliyaʾ, 4/126; al-Mizzi, Tahdhib al-kamal, p. 215; al-Dhahabi, Tarikh al-Islam, 3/150; al-Dhahabi, Tadhhib al-tahdhib, 1/113; al-Fasi, al-ʿIqd al-thamin, 4/16; Ibn Hajar, al-Isaba, no. 1920; Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib al-tahdhib, 2/143; Ibn Hajar, Khulasa tadhhib al-tahdhib, p. 67.
(1) Al-Tabaqat, 6/167.
(* *) Ibn Saʿd, al-Tabaqat, 5/463; Khalifa, al-Tabaqat, no. 2524; al-Bukhari, al-Tarikh, 5/455; Ibn Qutayba, al-Maʿarif, p. 434, where the phrase “he was the qadi of Mecca” appears—actually a scribal error for “qass” (preacher); al-Yaʿqubi, al-Maʿrifa wa-l-tarikh, 2/24; Ibn Abi Hatim, al-Jarh wa-l-Taʿdil, part 2 of vol. 2, p. 409; Abu Nuʿaym, Hilyat al-awliyaʾ, 3/266; Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, al-Istiʿab, no. 1736; Ibn al-Athir, Usd al-ghaba, 3/353; al-Mizzi, Tahdhib al-kamal, p. 899; al-Dhahabi, Tadhkirat al-huffaz, 1/47; al-Dhahabi, Tarikh al-Islam, 3/190; al-Dhahabi, Tadhhib al-tahdhib, 3/23b; Ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wa-l-nihaya, 9/5, which also misreads “qass” as “qadi”; al-Fasi, al-ʿIqd al-thamin, 5/543; Ibn al-Jazari, Ghaya al-nihaya, no. 2064; Ibn Hajar, al-Isaba, no. 6242; Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib al-tahdhib, 7/71; Ibn Taghribirdi, al-Nujum al-zahira, 1/197; al-Suyuti, Tabaqat al-huffaz, p. 14, likewise with the misreading; Ibn Hajar, Khulasa tadhhib al-tahdhib, p. 255.