Abu Dawud said, “Trustworthy, absolutely trustworthy.” (1)
Al-Nasa’i said, “Reliable, dependable.” (2)
Sulayman ibn Ishaq al-Jallab (3) reported: It was put to Ibrahim al-Harbi, “Did you ever see Abu Kamil?” He replied, “No. He died the same year Ruwh ibn ʿUbadah died, in 207 AH.” (4)
Ibn ʿAdi was mistaken and counted him among al-Bukhari’s teachers. (5)
15 – Yahya ibn Hassan ibn Hayyan al-Bakri* (Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa’i (6))
The imam, master memorizer (hafiz), and exemplar, Abu Zakariyya al-Bakri—originally from Basra and later from Tinnis, where he took up residence.
Regarding Ibn Hayyan, it is said that his lineage traces back to Damascus.
Duhaym stated: “He was born in 144 AH.”
He narrated from: Hammad ibn Salamah, ʿAbd al-ʿAziz ibn al-Majashun, and al-Layth ibn
(1) Tahdhib al-Kamal, fol. 1337; Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 13, p. 126.
(2) Tahdhib al-Kamal, fol. 1337; Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 13, p. 126.
(3) The nisba designates a person who conveys slaves or beasts of burden from one place to another; see al-Ansab of al-Samani, 3:399.
(4) Tahdhib al-Kamal, fol. 1337; Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 13, p. 126.
(5) Al-Bukhari’s first journey for study occurred in 210 AH. Both the author and al-Hafiz al-Mizzi (Tahdhib, fol. 1337) had already noted this chronological slip, and al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar upheld their correction in his Tahdhib al-Tahdhib.
(*) Al-Tarikh al-Kabir, 8:269; al-Tarikh al-Saghir, 2:314; al-Jarh wa-l-Taʿdil, 9:135; Tahdhib al-Kamal, fol. 1492; Tadhhib al-Tahdhib, 4:151/1; al-Kashif, 3:252; al-Ibr, 1:356; Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, 11:197; Hasan al-Muhadara, 1:287; Khulasa Tadhhib al-Kamal, p. 422.
(6) In the base manuscript the name appears as “Hibban” with a ba, which is incorrect.