Tag: Salaf

Abdullaah Bin Ahmad Bin Hanbal (rahimahullaah) said: I heard my father saying: ”Yahyah Al-Qattaan related to me (about such and such).  My eyes have never seen (someone) similar to him.” [Sifatus Safwa: 3/365]

Imaam Dhahabi (rahimahullaah) said: ”He (Yazeed) was a figurehead in knowledge, trustworthiness and a great proof.” [Siyar A’laam Nubulaa: 9/358]

Ibn Abee Haatim (rahimahullaah) said: I asked my father about Yazeed Bin Haaroon, so he said: ”Reliable, an Imaam and truthful in hadeeth.  The likes of him should not be asked about.” [Al-Jarh Wat-tadeel: 9/295]

Imaam Dhahabee (rahimahullaah) said: ”Indeed, Yazeed was a figurehead in the Sunnah, having enmity towards the Jahmiyyah and rejected their false interpretations regarding Allaah’s Istiwaa.’’ [Siyar A’laam Nubulaa: 9/362]

Rabee (rahimahullaah) said: I heard Shaafiee (rahimahullaah) saying: Had it not been for Sufyaan and Maalik (Bin Anas), the knowledge of the hijaaz would have gone away. [Tahdheeb Al-Kamaal: 11/189]

Ibn Wahb (rahimahullaah) said: I do not know anyone more knowledgeable about tafseer than Sufyaan Ibn Uyaynah.  (Imaam) Ahmad (rahimahullaah) said: I do not know anyone more knowledgeable about the Sunan than him.  [Taareekh Al-Islaam: 13/193]

Ahmad Bin Abil Hawaaree (rahimahullaah) said: I said to Sufyaan, ‘’what is Zuhd in the worldly life?  He said: you are thankful when favoured and patient when put to trial.  That is zuhd. [Siyar A’laam Nubulaa:8/468]

Abee Mamar (rahimahullaah) said: Sufyaan Bin Uyaynah (rahimahullaah) said to us: The scholar is not the one who knows good and bad; rather the scholar is the one who knows good and follows it, and he knows evil and avoids it.’’ [Hilyatul Awliyaa: 7/274]

Saeed Mansoor (rahimahullaah) said: Wakee (rahimahullaah) came to Makkah and he used to be chubby.  So Fudayl Ibn Iyaad (rahimahullaah) said to him, ”what is this chubbiness and you are the Raahib of Basra (i.e. the one known for seclusion, devotion in worship, abstinence from the worldly life etc.).”  He Wakee said: ”this is from my joyfulness with Islaam (i.e. the happiness I feel in Islam).” [Siyar A’laam Nubulaa: 9/157]

Ahmad Bin Abee Hiwaaree (rahimahullaah) said: I heard Marwaan (rahimahullaah) saying: ”No one has been described to me except I saw that he was lesser than the description, except Wakee; for he was above what was described to me.” Hilyatul Awliyaa: 8/370]

Abdur Razzaaq (rahimahullaah) said: ”I have seen Sufyaan Ath-Thawree, Sufyaan Bin Uyaynah, Mamar, Maalik, and I have seen, and I have seen.  My two eyes have not seen (someone) like Wakee.” [Siyar A’laam Nubulaa: 9/146-147]

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Imaam Ahmad (rahimahullaah) said: Hammaad Bin Zaiyd is from the Imaams of the muslims and the people of religion.  He is more beloved to me than Hammaad Bin Salama (rahimahullaah). [Siyar A;laam Nubulaa:7/458]

It was narrated from Layth Ibn Sad (rahimahullaah) who said: ”I reached eighty years of age and had never debated with a man of desires.” [Siyar A’laam Nubulaa: 8/144]

Ahmad Bin Abdillaah Al-Ajalee (rahimahullaah) said: My father narrated to me saying: ”Hamaad did not engage in a conversation unless after reciting a hundred aayaat from the mushaf.” [Siyar A’laam Nubulaa:7/448]

Abdullaah Ibn Bishr (rahimahullaah) said: I heard Sufyaan (rahimahullaah) saying, ‘’Indeed (the knowledge) of hadeeth is an honour; so whoever desires the worldly life by way of it, then (for him) is the worldly life.  And whoever desires the afterlife by way of it, then (for him) is the afterlife.  [Hilyatul Awliyaa:6/366]

Abu Abdillaah Al-Haakim (rahimahullaah) said: Shubah (rahimahullaah) is an Imaam of the Imaams of hadeeth at Basra (i.e. in his era) with regards to knowledge of hadeeth.  He saw Anas Ibn Maalik (radiyallaahu-anhu) and Amr Bin Salama Al-Jarmiy.  He heard (hadeeth and received knowledge) from four hundred Sheikhs amongst the Taabieen.  [Siyar A’laam An-Nubulaa:7/26]

Eesaa Ibn Yoonus (rahimahullaah) said: ”We have neither seen the likes of Al-Amash in our time nor amongst the generation before us.  We have never seen the wealthy and the rulers being more lowly in a gathering than a gathering of Al-Amash, even though he was in need of Dirham (i.e. money) [Hilyatul Awliyaa: 5/47-48]

It was reported from Al-Hasan Al-Basri (rahimahullaah) who said:  ”Ayyoub is the leader of the youth of Basra.”  [Hilyatul Awliyaa: 3/3]

When Ayyoub (rahimahullaah) used to narrate a hadeeth to Ibn Seereen (rahimahullaah), he (Ibn Seereen) would say: ”The truthful one has narrated to me.” [Hilyatul Awliyaa: 3/4]

Ibn Shawzab (rahimahullaah) said: When Ayyoub (rahimahullaah) used to be asked a question and he had nothing about it, he would say: ”Ask the people of knowledge.” [Tabaqaat Ibn Sad: 7/247]