عطاء الخراساني

Ata ibn Abi Muslim al-Khurasani, listed by al-Shirazi among the jurists of Khurasan. ¹

Al-Shirazi gives that he was born in 50 AH, died in 135 AH, and was a "jawwala" — one who ranged about. ¹

Ibn Hajar gives him his own entry in al-Taqrib, no. 4600: "Ata ibn Abi Muslim, Abu Uthman al-Khurasani — his father's name was Maysara, it was also said Abd Allah: truthful but errs often, transmits mursal and practises tadlis, of the fifth tier, died in year thirty-five; it is not established that al-Bukhari brought anything from him" — while Muslim and the four Sunan authors did. ²

Al-Dhahabi's al-Kashif adds that he transmitted mursal from Mu'adh and a group of Companions, and heard from Ikrima and Yahya ibn Ya'mar; his son Uthman, al-Awza'i, Malik and Shu'ba transmitted from him, and Ibn Jarir mentions that they used to campaign with him. ²

In Abu Zur'a's Marasil: Ahmad ibn Hanbal said he heard nothing from Ibn Abbas, though he had seen Ibn Umar without hearing from him; and when Yahya ibn Ma'in was asked whether Ata al-Khurasani had met any Companion of the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "I do not know." Ibn Hajar notes that his transmission from Ibn Abbas does stand in Sahih al-Bukhari. ³

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