ʿĪsā ibn Zughbah said, “Al-Mufaddal served as our judge; his prayers were answered, and in spite of his physical frailty he would remain standing in worship for long periods.”
Ibn Maʿīn stated, “He was an Egyptian, a truthful man. Whenever someone came to him with a broken arm or leg, he would set it for him, and he used to build mills (1).”
Luhayʿah ibn ʿĪsā related, “Al-Mufaddal once asked Allah to remove all worldly expectation from his heart, and when it was removed his reason was almost snatched away and life no longer pleased him. He then entreated Allah to restore that expectation; Allah restored it, and he returned to his former state.”
Ibn Yūnus said, “He died in 181 AH at the age of seventy-four.”
18 – Juḥā, Abū al-Ghuṣn Dujayn ibn Thābit al-Yarbuʿī
The well-known teller of anecdotes, Dujayn ibn Thābit al-Yarbuʿī of Basra. Some said that this was a different person altogether.
Dujayn saw Anas [ibn Mālik], and he transmitted a few reports from Aslam and from Hishām ibn ʿUrwa. From him transmitted Ibn al-Mubārak, Muslim ibn Ibrāhīm, and Abū Jābir Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd