He recited the Qur’an before Yahya al-Dhimari and others.
Among those who learned the recitation from him were Abu Mushir, al-Rabiʿ ibn Thaʿlab, and Hisham.
He transmitted hadith from Ayyub, Abu al-Zubayr, Husayn, ʿAsim al-Ahwal, and several others. Among those who narrated from him are Duhaim, Ibn ʿAʾidh, Ibn Dhakwan, Dawud ibn Rashid, and Muhammad ibn Abi al-Sari.
He was born in 108 AH and died in 194 AH.
Ibn Maʿin said, “He was a man of Wasit who settled in Damascus; his hadith is of little worth.” Abu Hatim said, “He is not strong.” Al-Daraqutni commented, “His reports may be taken into consideration.” ⦗1⦘
5 – Abu Khalid al-Ahmar, Sulayman ibn Hayyan al-Azdi * (ʿ)
The imam and hadith master, Sulayman ibn Hayyan al-Azdi, of Kufa.
He was born in Jurjan in 114 AH.
(1) The author is indicating that the narrator’s weakness is mild; his report can therefore serve as corroborative evidence (mutabaat) or supporting testimony (shawahid). Hence, if the same hadith is transmitted through another equally weak chain, or if a similar report exists from a different Companion, the combined weight upgrades the hadith to the level of soundness.
(*) Ibn Maʿin, Tarikh, p. 229; Ibn Saʿd, Tabaqat, 6/391; Khalifa, Tabaqat, no. 1330; Khalifa, Tarikh, p. 458; al-Bukhari, al-Tarikh al-Kabir, 4/8; al-ʿUqayli, al-Duʿafa, fol. 156; Ibn Abi Hatim, al-Jarh wa-l-Taʿdil, 4/106-107; Ibn Hibban, Mashahir ʿUlama al-Amsar, no. 1361; al-Mizzi, Tahdhib al-Kamal, p. 537; al-Dhahabi, Tazhib al-Tahdhib, 1/46/2; al-Dhahabi, al-ʿIbar, 1/303; al-Dhahabi, Mizan al-Iʿtidal, 2/200; al-Dhahabi, Tadhkirat al-Huffaz, 1/272; al-Dhahabi, al-Kashif, 1/392; Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, 4/181; al-Dhahabi, Tabaqat al-Huffaz, p. 116; al-Khazraji, Khulasa Tazhib al-Kamal, p. 151; Ibn al-ʿImad, Shadharat al-Dhahab, 1/325.