and Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal regarded him as weak—meaning in the field of ḥadīth—whereas in the science of the Qur’ānic letters he is, by unanimous agreement, a decisive authority.

It was said that he was dark-complexioned, of pleasant character, and easy-going with his companions.

Ibn ʿAdī states in al-Kāmil: “He possesses a manuscript from al-Aʿraj containing about one hundred ḥadīths, another from Abū al-Zinād, and some fifty isolated reports. I have not found anything objectionable in them.”

I (the author) say: His narrations should be judged ḥasan, and further details of his life are recorded in Ṭabaqāt al-Qurrāʾ.

Among those who recited to this imām was Imām Mālik.

He died in 169 AH, ten years before Mālik.

122 – Muḥammad ibn Ṭalḥah ibn Muṣarrif al-Yāmī (cited by al-Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī, and Ibn Mājah)

A Kufan traditionist, ranked among the reliable transmitters.

He narrated from his father, Salamah ibn Kuhayl, al-Ḥakam ibn ʿUyaybah, Zubayd ibn al-Ḥārith al-Yāmī, and others.

Those who reported from him include ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī, Asad ibn Mūsā, Ḥassān ibn Ḥassān al-Baṣrī, ʿAwn ibn Salām, Jabbārah ibn al-Mughallis, and a group of others.

Abū Zurʿah said, “He is truthful,” while al-Nasāʾī said, “He is not strong.”