ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad related from his father, who said, “He is precise, trustworthy—eminently reliable.”

Abū Ḥātim said, “Upright.”

Shuʿbah remarked, “We used to address him as Abū Ḥammād, and I have learned that he was already called Abū al-Tayyāḥ while still a youth.”

Ḥajjāj ibn Muḥammad narrated on the authority of Shuʿbah that Abū Isḥāq said: “I heard Abū Iyās say, ‘In Basra there is no one whose deeds I would rather take with me to meet Allah Most High than Abū al-Tayyāḥ.’”

Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj said, “Abū Jamrah and Abū al-Tayyāḥ both died in Sarakhs.”

ʿAmr ibn ʿAlī and al-Tirmidhī stated, “He died in the year 128 AH,” while others said he passed away in 130 AH.

116 – ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib* (1) (M, 4)

The imam and noble dignitary, Abū al-Khalāʾif, Abū Muḥammad al-Hāshimī—celebrated for his abundant prostration (al-Sajjād).

He was born the year Imam ʿAlī was martyred and was therefore named after him.

He narrated hadith from his father, Abū Hurayrah, Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar, and others. His narrations are few.

Those who transmitted from him include his sons ʿĪsā, Dāwūd, Sulaymān, and ʿAbd al-Ṣamad, as well as Ibn Shihāb, Saʿd ibn Ibrāhīm (the judge of Medina), Manṣūr ibn al-Muʿtamir, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ḥamlah, and others.

His mother was the daughter of Mishraḥ ibn ʿAdī al-Kindī, one of the four kings.

He was learned and industrious, of large build, handsome, tall, and awe-inspiring. He used to dye his beard with wusmah (indigo).