the Muwatta’, when he uses the wording, “It has reached me from ‘Ali—may Allah be pleased with him—that he heard it from Ibn Idris.” (1)

Abu Hatim said, “He is an unimpeachable authority, an imam among the imams of the Muslims.” (2)

It was also said, “There was no one in Kufah more devoted to Allah than Ibn Idris.”

Ibn ‘Arafah remarked, “I never saw anyone in Kufah superior to him.”

Abu Dawud—through Ishaq ibn Ibrahim, from al-Kisa’i—reported:

Harun al-Rashid once asked me, “Who is the most accomplished Qur’an reciter among the people?”
I replied, “‘Abd Allah ibn Idris.”
He said, “And who after him?”
I answered, “Then Husayn al-Ju‘fi.”
He asked, “And who after that?”
I said, “Another man.” (3)

Husayn al-‘Anqazi narrated: “When death approached Ibn Idris, his daughter began to weep.
He said to her, ‘Do not weep, my dear child. I have completed a full recitation of the Qur’an in this house four thousand times.’” (4)

Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Ammar said, “If anyone made a grammatical mistake while speaking, Ibn Idris would refuse to relate hadith to him.” (5)

Yahya ibn Ma‘in said, “I heard Ibn Idris say, ‘I have a qawsarah (a large storage basket).’” (6)