he transmitted from ʿAlī, ʿUmar, and ʿĀʾishah.
Those who reported from him include his two sons, Ibrāhīm and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān; Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿī; Abū Isḥāq al-Sabiʿī; and many others.
Only a handful of his reports are extant.
70 – Saʿīd ibn Wahb al-Hamdānī al-Khaywānī al-Kūfī * (M, N)
One of the leading supporters of ʿAlī.
He narrated from ʿAlī, Ibn Masʿūd, Muʿādh ibn Jabal, and Khabbāb.
He embraced Islam during the Prophet’s lifetime and remained so attached to ʿAlī that he was nicknamed “the Tick” because of his constant company.
He also related hadith from Salmān, Ibn ʿUmar, and the judge Shurayḥ.
Transmitters from him include Abū Isḥāq, his son Yūnus ibn Abī Isḥāq, and a group of others, and his son ʿAbd al-Raḥmān likewise narrated from him.
He used to dye his beard yellow and served as the spokesman of his clan.
He left behind a number of narrations, and Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn declared him reliable.
He died in the year 76 AH, or so I stated in my work History of Islam ⦗1⦘.
Ibn Saʿd ⦗2⦘, however, maintained that he passed away in Kūfah during the caliphate of ʿAbd al-Malik, in 86 AH.