his time. His kunya was Abū ʿAbd Allah, and he was the brother of the jurist Abū Bakr. He heard hadith from his father, from Ibn ʿAmr al-Sahmī, and from Umm Salamah. Those who reported from him include his two sons—ʿAbd Allah and Muḥammad—together with al-Zuhrī and Yaḥyā ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṣayfī. Ibn Saʿd said (1): “He narrated only a few hadith, but he is reliable.” I say: He died sometime after 100 AH.

150 – Abū al-Jawzāʾ Aws ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Rabaʿī al-Baṣrī * (ʿ)
He was one of the senior scholars. He narrated hadith from ʿĀʾishah, Ibn ʿAbbās, and ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ. Among those who transmitted from him were Abū al-Ashhab al-ʿAṭāridī, ʿAmr ibn Mālik al-Nukrī, Budayl ibn Maysarah, and many others. He was one of the devout worshippers who rose up against al-Ḥajjāj, and it was said that he was killed on the Day of al-Jamājim. Ḥammād ibn Zayd narrated, from ʿAmr ibn Mālik, that he heard Abū al-Jawzāʾ say:

“I have never cursed anything whatsoever, never eaten anything accursed, and never harmed anyone at all.” (2)

I say: Look at this noble man and follow his example.