He transmitted ḥadith from Anas ibn Mālik, Abū Salamah ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, ʿAṭāʾ ibn Yasār, and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī ʿAmrah. Among those who narrated from him were Saʿīd ibn Abī Hilāl, Mālik ibn Anas, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Mājishūn, and Fulayḥ ibn Sulaymān. Al-Nasāʾī said, “There is nothing objectionable about him.” Abū Ḥātim remarked, “An elder; his ḥadith are to be recorded.” I add: he died in the early 120s AH.

126 – Yazīd ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Qusayṭ al-Laythī al-Madanī * (ʿ)
The imam and jurist Abū ʿAbd Allah al-Laythī, of Madinah, nicknamed al-Aʿraj.

He narrated from Abū Hurayrah, Ibn ʿUmar, ʿUbayd ibn Jurayj, Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyib, and ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr.

Those who transmitted from him include Abū Ṣakhr Ḥumayd ibn Ziyād, Ibn Isḥāq, Mālik, Ibn Abī Dhiʾb, al-Layth ibn Saʿd, and others.

Ibn Isḥāq said, “He was reliable, a jurist; people sought his help in official matters because of his trustworthiness and understanding.” Abū Ḥātim commented, “He is not strong.” Mālik related only a small number of traditions from him.

He died in 122 AH. His ḥadith are classed as ḥasan in the Six Books. Ibn Saʿd said, “He was trustworthy and narrated many ḥadith.” It is also said that he lived to the age of ninety.

127 – Nuṣayb ibn Rabāḥ, Abū Miḥjan, the Black poet, a client of ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz. He composed praise poems for ʿAbd al-Malik.