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al-Muthanna ibn al-Sabbah

المثنى بن الصباح

al-Muthanna ibn al-Sabbah, Abu Abd Allah, of Yemen, then Mecca, a prolific narrator. He narrated from Mujahid, Tawus, Ibn Abi Mulayka, Ata ibn Abi Rabah and Amr ibn Dinar; Ibn al-Mubarak and Isa ibn Yunus narrated from him. Ibn Ma'in called him reliable; al-Tirmidhi and al-Nasa'i denied it, and al-Nasa'i later called him abandoned; al-Daraqutni called him weak. Death 149 H as printed. 1

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The Umayyad Period
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Arabia
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al-Muthanna ibn al-Sabbah, Abu Abd Allah, of Yemen, then Mecca, a prolific narrator. He narrated from Mujahid, Tawus, Ibn Abi Mulayka, Ata ibn Abi Rabah and Amr ibn Dinar; Ibn al-Mubarak and Isa ibn Yunus narrated from him. Ibn Ma'in called him reliable; al-Tirmidhi and al-Nasa'i denied it, and al-Nasa'i later called him abandoned; al-Daraqutni called him weak. Death 149 H as printed. 1

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  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.13365
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