of peace. He was weak in ḥadith, difficult to deal with regarding it, and reluctant to transmit it.

Jaʿfar ibn Abī ʿUthmān reports from Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn who said, “I never wrote anything from Wakiʿ on the authority of his father, nor any report at all from Qays.”

ʿUthmān ad-Dārimī transmits from Yaḥyā that he said, “There is no harm in al-Jarrāḥ.”

ʿAbbās likewise relates from Yaḥyā that he declared him “reliable.”

Aḥmad ibn Abī Khaythamah narrates from Yaḥyā: “He is weak in ḥadith, yet still better than Abū Yaḥyā al-Ḥimmānī.”

Ibn ʿAmmār said, “Weak.”

Abū Dāwūd said, “Reliable.”

An-Nasāʾī said, “There is nothing wrong with him.”

Ibn ʿAdī said, “His narrations are unobjectionable; he is truthful. I have not come across any report of his that I would deem disavowed.”

Al-Burqānī said, “I asked ad-Dāraqutnī about Wakiʿ’s father. He replied, ‘He is nothing; he makes major mistakes.’”

I asked, “Should he be taken into consideration?” He answered, “No.”

Khalīfah said, “He died in the year 175 AH.”

Ibn Qāniʿ said, “In the year 176.”

50 – Yūsuf ibn Asbāṭ*
The ascetic—one of the eminent shaykhs; he left behind sermons and wise aphorisms.