Al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥanafiyyah said, “In our view, Sulaymān ibn Yasār is more insightful than Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyab.” ⦗1⦘

Al-Wāqidī, transmitting from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yazīd al-Hudhalī, related: “I heard Sulaymān ibn Yasār say, ‘Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyab is the last outstanding man among the people.’ I also heard petitioners come to Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyab, and he would tell them, ‘Go to Sulaymān ibn Yasār, for he is the most knowledgeable person alive today.’ ⦗2⦘”

Mālik said, “After Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyab, Sulaymān ibn Yasār ranked among the leading scholars. He very often agreed with Saʿīd, and Saʿīd was someone no one dared oppose.” ⦗3⦘

Musʿab al-Zubayrī reported, on the authority of Musʿab ibn ʿUthmān: “Sulaymān ibn Yasār was the most handsome of people. A woman once entered his house and attempted to seduce him. When he refused, she threatened, ‘Then I will disgrace you!’ He immediately left the house, leaving her inside, and fled from her.

Sulaymān later said, ‘I saw Joseph (peace be upon him). It was as though I asked him, “Are you Joseph?” He replied, “Yes, I am Joseph who was about to succumb, whereas you are Sulaymān who did not even entertain the thought.”’ ⦗4⦘

Its chain of transmission is broken.

Ibn Maʿīn said, “Sulaymān is reliable.”

Abū Zurʿah said, “He is trustworthy, virtuous, and devout.”

Al-Nasāʾī said, “He is one of the leading authorities.”

Ibn Saʿd ⦗5⦘ said, “He was trustworthy, knowledgeable, eminent, a jurist, and prolific in hadith. He died in the year 107 AH.” ⦗6⦘