Harith ibn Suwayd al-Taymi

الحارث بن سويد التيمي

Harith ibn Suwayd, Abu Aisha al-Taymi al-Kufi, a trustworthy imam of high standing. He narrated from Ibn Mas'ud, Umar and Ali and others, and Ibrahim al-Taymi, Umara ibn Umayr and Thumama ibn Uqba narrated from him. Ibn Ma'in called him trustworthy, Ibn Hibban listed him among the trustworthy, and Ibn Sa'd said he died at the end of the caliphate of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr. It is said that he lived in the pre-Islamic period, settled in Kufa and did not see the Prophet ﷺ 1. The book gives his death as 72 AH.

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The Umayyad Period
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Levant & Iraq
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Harith ibn Suwayd, Abu Aisha al-Taymi al-Kufi, a trustworthy imam of high standing. He narrated from Ibn Mas'ud, Umar and Ali and others, and Ibrahim al-Taymi, Umara ibn Umayr and Thumama ibn Uqba narrated from him. Ibn Ma'in called him trustworthy, Ibn Hibban listed him among the trustworthy, and Ibn Sa'd said he died at the end of the caliphate of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr. It is said that he lived in the pre-Islamic period, settled in Kufa and did not see the Prophet 1. The book gives his death as 72 AH.

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.13751-13752
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