Yahya ibn Maʿin regarded him as reliable. He was the foremost among the devout Qur’an-reciters who rose up against al-Hajjaj during Ibn al-Ashʿath’s rebellion, and Abu al-Bakhtari was killed at the Battle of al-Jamajim in 82 AH (1).

Habib ibn Abi Thabit said, “Saʿid ibn Jubayr, Abu al-Bakhtari and I gathered together, and Abu al-Bakhtari proved to be the most knowledgeable and the most versed in jurisprudence among us.”

102 – Zadhan Abu ʿUmar al-Kindī, their client * (M, 4)
A Kufan, a cloth-seller, blind, and one of the leading scholars.

Born during the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ, he witnessed ʿUmar’s sermon at al-Jabiyah (2).

He narrated from ʿUmar, ʿAli, Salman, Ibn Masʿud, ʿAʾishah, Hudhayfah, Jarir al-Bajali, Ibn ʿUmar, al-Baraʾ ibn ʿAzib, and others.

Those who transmitted from him include Abu Salih al-Sammān, ʿAmr ibn Murrah, Habib ibn Abi Thabit, al-Minhal ibn ʿAmr, ʿAṭaʾ ibn al-Saʾib, Muhammad ibn Juḥādah, and many others.

He was trustworthy and truthful, and he transmitted a considerable number of hadiths.

Al-Nasaʾi said, “There is nothing objectionable about him.”

Ibrahim ibn al-Junayd (3) reported from Yahya ibn Maʿin: “Reliable.”