Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- muhaddith · qadi
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Review
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Life in time
In brief
Sulayman b. Harb, the imam and memoriser Abu Ayyub al-Washhi of Basra, judge of Mecca; Yahya b. Aktham described him before al-Ma'mun, saying "he is reliable and a memoriser of hadith", whereupon al-Ma'mun ordered him brought to court, and Ya'qub b. Shayba said "he was reliable, firm, a master of memory". 2
His death
He died in 224 AH — a man of biographical record and rank — and Affan used to honour him; when he was mentioned before Ali b. al-Madini, Ali set about praising him. 3
Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
- Tadhkirat al-huffaz — al-Dhahabi , j.1 p.359-360
- Tadhkirat al-huffaz — al-Dhahabi , j.1 p.360
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