At a glance
In brief
Za'ida b. Qudama al-Thaqafi of Kufa, the imam and proof Abu al-Salt; he narrated from Ziyad b. Ilaqa, Abd al-Malik b. Umayr, Mansur, Simak, Musa b. Abi A'isha, and their layer, while Ibn Uyayna, Ibn al-Mubarak, Ibn al-Mahdi, Mu'awiya b. Amr, Abu Nu'aym, Ali b. Ghannam, Abu Hudhayfa al-Nahdi, Ahmad b. Yunus, and many others narrated from him. 2
Reliability
He was among Shu'ba's peers in exactitude but is not known to have narrated from outside his own townsmen; Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi said "he narrated only from reliable men", Abu Usama called him "among the most truthful and scrupulous of people", Abu Hatim al-Razi called him "reliable, a man of the sunna", and it is said he died garrisoned in the Roman lands. 2
His death
He died early in 161 AH at an advanced age. 2
Sources
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim
- Tadhkirat al-huffaz — al-Dhahabi , j.1 p.204
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