I add: He was counted among the devout and righteous.
I also note: Qudāmah is known only through Ayman’s route, except for a single report from Yaʿqūb ibn Muḥammad (1): ʿArīf ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us, Ḥumayd ibn Kilāb narrated to us, saying, “I heard my uncle Qudāmah al-Kilābī say, ‘I saw the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—preaching at ʿArafah.’” (2)
133 – Ibn Abī Laylā, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Anṣārī (4)
Ibn Abī Laylā, the learned scholar, the Imām, mufti of Kūfah and its judge, Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Anṣārī al-Kūfī.
Born: in the early seventies AH.
His father died while he was still a youngster, so he took nothing directly from him; instead, he learned from his brother ʿĪsā, who had received knowledge from their father.
He also studied under al-Shaʿbī, Nāfiʿ the client of ʿUmar, ʿAṭāʾ ibn Abī Rabāḥ, al-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd, al-Minhāl ibn ʿAmr, ʿAmr ibn Murrah, Abū al-Zubayr al-Makkī, ʿAṭiyyah al-ʿAwfī, and al-Ḥakam ibn
(1) In other words, Qudamah is known through two lines of transmission: one via Ayman and the other via Humayd ibn Kilab.
(2) The isnad is weak. Yaqub ibn Muhammad ibn Isa al-Zuhri al-Madani was prone to many mistakes and related reports from unreliable narrators. Abu Zurah declared: “He is worthless; he is on a par with al-Waqidi.” Both Arif ibn Ibrahim and Humayd ibn Kilab are unknown.
Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar cited the hadith in al-Isabah, entry no. 7078 on Qudamah ibn Abd Allah, on the authority of al-Yaqubi, and observed that it challenges the assertion of Muslim, al-Hakim, al-Asadi and others that Ayman alone transmitted the report from Qatadah.
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