Aḥmad al-ʿIjlī said, "ʿAbd al-Raḥmān is trustworthy."

Al-Madāʾinī and Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn stated that he passed away in the year 96 AH, although other dates have also been mentioned.

162 – Tubayʿ ibn ʿĀmir al-Himyarī, al-Ḥibr* (S)
The son of the wife of Kaʿb al-Aḥbār.

He had studied the previous Scriptures and entered Islam during the caliphate of Abū Bakr—or, according to another report, in the time of ʿUmar.

He transmitted a great many reports from Kaʿb, and also from Abū al-Dardāʾ.

He reviewed his Qurʾān recitation with Mujāhid, who was his companion on military campaigns.

Those who narrated from him include Mujāhid, Abū Qabīl al-Maʿāfirī, ʿAṭāʾ ibn Abī Rabāḥ, Ḥakīm ibn ʿUmayr, Ḥayyān Abū al-Naḍr, and others.

He had seven kunyas, all listed by the ḥāfiẓ Ibn ʿAsākir: Abū ʿUbaydah, Abū ʿUbayd, Abū ʿUtbah, Abū Ayman, Abū Ḥimyar, Abū Ghaṭīf, and Abū ʿĀmir—the first of these is the most widely used (1).

Ibn ʿAsākir also recorded that he recited the Qurʾān on the island of Arwād (2), which lies close to Constantinople, and that he forbade ʿAmr al-Ashdaq from revolting against ʿAbd al-Malik.

ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Miṣrī said, "This is the Tubayʿ known for the apocalyptic traditions."

Husayn ibn Shufayʿ related: “We were in the company of ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr when Tubayʿ arrived. He said, ‘The most knowledgeable man on earth has come to you.’ Then he said to him, ‘O Tubayʿ, tell us about the good deeds…’”