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Abu Asim al-Dahhak b. Makhlad al-Shaybani of Basra, the memoriser and shaykh al-Islam known as al-Nabil for his nobility and intellect; he heard Ja'far b. Muhammad, Yazid b. Abi Ubayd, Sulayman al-Taymi, Ibn Jurayj, Bahz b. Hakim, and the elders — had his death not come first he would be counted with Waki', indeed with Ibn al-Mubarak; Ahmad, Bundar, al-Darimi, al-Bukhari, al-Harith b. Abi Usama, Abu Muslim al-Kajji, and others narrated from him. 2
Memory and scruple
He never narrated except from memory; Umar b. Shabba said "by God I never saw his like", al-Bukhari and others heard him say "I have not backbitten anyone since I learned that ghiba harms its people", Abu Dawud said "Abu Asim kept some thousand hadiths of the choicest", and Ibn Sa'd called him "reliable, a jurist". 3
His death
He died at Basra fourteen nights into Dhu al-Hijja of 212 AH, having lived eighty years and some months. 3
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 434
- Tadhkirat al-huffaz — al-Dhahabi , j.1 p.337-338
- Tadhkirat al-huffaz — al-Dhahabi , j.1 p.338
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu 'Asim al-Nabil”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-asim-al-nabil/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.