and also Dawud ibn al-Husayn al-Bayhaqi, ʿAli ibn al-Husayn al-Saffar, and a host of others.
Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Salam al-Shafiʿi and Zaynab bint ʿUmar reported to us; they said:
“Zaynab bint Abi al-Qasim informed us; Ismaʿil ibn Abi al-Qasim the reciter informed us; ʿAbd al-Ghafir ibn Muhammad al-Farisi informed us; Bishr ibn Ahmad al-Isfarayini narrated to us; Dawud ibn al-Husayn ibn ʿAqil narrated to us; Yahya ibn Yahya al-Tamimi narrated to us; he said:
‘I read before Malik, from ʿAbd Allah ibn Dinar, from Ibn ʿUmar, who said:
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray on his riding-beast, facing whichever direction it turned him.” (1)’
Yahya ibn Yahya was born in the year 142 AH.
This was conveyed by Abu ʿAmr al-Mustamli, from Abu al-Tayyib al-Makfuf, a close companion of Yahya ibn Yahya. (2)
Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya said: “I heard Ishaq ibn Rahuyah say, ‘I have never seen anyone like Yahya ibn Yahya, nor do I imagine he ever saw anyone comparable to himself.’” (3)
Abu Dawud al-Khaffaf said: “I heard Ahmad ibn Hanbal say, ‘Yahya ibn Yahya never encountered anyone equal to himself, and the people never saw anyone his like.’” (4)
This account was transmitted by Abu ʿUthman Saʿid ibn Shadhan on his authority.