Abdullah bin az-Zubayr bin Eesa, Abu Bakr al-Humaydee al-Makki

Name:

عبد الله بن الزبير بن عيسى بن عبيد الله بن أسامة بن عبد الله بن حميد بن زهير القرشى الأسدى الحميدى ، المكى ، أبو بكر

Abdullah bin az-Zubayr bin Eesa bin Ubaydullah bin Usaamah bin Abdullah bin Humayd bin Zuhayr al-Qurashi al-Asdi al-Humaydee al-Makki, Abu Bakr

Tabaqah: 10 - From Major level of those who narrated from Taba Taabi'een

Birth: In Makkah – date and year is not known

Death: 219 H at Makkah in the month of Rabee’ ul-Awwal

Narrated by: Al-Bukhaari – Muslim – Abu Dawood – Tirmidhi – Nasaa'ee – Ibn Majaah in al-Tafseer

Teachers: Ibraaheem bin Sa’d, Abu Usaamah Hammaad bin Usaamah, Sufyaan bin Uyaynah, Abdul Azeez bin Muhammad ad-Daraawardi, Fudayl bin Ayyaadh, Muhammad bin Idrees ash-Shaafi’ee, Wakee’ bin al-Jarraah and others.

Students: Muhammad bin Ismaa’eel al-Bukhaari, Bishr bin Moosa al-Asdi, Abu Zur’ah ar-Raazi, Abu Haatim ar-Raazi, Muhammad bin Yahya adh-Dhuhali, Ya’qoob bin Sufyaan al-Faarsi, Ya’qoob bin Shaybah and others.

Status: Thiqah Haafidh Faqeeh

Opinions of Ahl ul-Jarh wat Ta’deel:

Those who praised him:

1-    Imaam Abu Haatim ar-Raazi (D. 275) said:

“ثقة إمام”

“Thiqah Imaam”

[ Al-Jarh wat Ta'deel by Ibn Abi Haatim (5/57)]

He also said:

“أثبت الناس في ابن عيينة وهو رئيس أصحابه”

“He is the most Thabat of people in narrating from Ibn Uyaynah, and he is the head of his companions”

[Same (P. 57)]

2-    Imaam Muhammad bin Sa’d (D. 230) said:

وهو صاحب سفيان بن عيينة وراويته. مات بمكة في شهر ربيع الأول سنة تسع عشرة ومائتين. وكان ثقة كثير الحديث”

“He is the companion of Sufyaan bin Uyaynah and he narrated from him, he died in Makkah in the month of Rabee’ ul-Awwal at the year 219, and he was Thiqah Katheer ul-Hadeeth”

[ Reference]

3-    Imaam Ibn Hibbaan (D. 354) mentioned him in Ath-Thiqaat and said:

“وكان صاحب سنة وفضل ودين”

“He was a man of Sunnah, virtue, and devoutness”

[ Ath-Thiqaat by Ibn Hibbaan (8/341)]

4-    Imaam Abu al-Hasan ad-Daaraqutni (D. 385) mentioned him among the Huffaadh companions of Imaam Sufyaan bin Uyaynah, saying:

“أصحاب ابن عيينة الحفاظ، منهم الحميدي”

“The Huffaadh companions of Ibn Uyaynah, among them is Al-Humaydee”

[ Al-Ilal ad-Daaraqutni (3/171)]

5-    Imaam Ya’qoob bin Sufyaan al-Faarsi (D. 277) said:

“ما لقيت أنصح للإسلام وأهل الإسلام منه”

“I have not met anyone for faithful for Islaam and the people of Islaam than him”

[ Al-Ma'rifah wal Taareekh by Ya'qoob bin Sufyaan (3/184)]

6-    Imaam Muhammad bin Ismaa’eel al-Bukhaari (D. 256) narrated 73 narrations from him in his Saheeh

7-    Imaam Muslim bin al-Hajjaaj (D. 261) narrated from him in his Saheeh (H. 61, 65, 66, 79)

8-    Imaam Ibn Khuzaymah (D. 311) narrated from him in his Saheeh

[See, Saheeh Ibn Khuzaymah (2416)]

9-    Imaam Abu Abdullah al-Haakim al-Neesaaboori (D. 405) authenticated his hadeeth in al-Mustadrak (H. 944) and Dhahabi followed him.

10-          Imaam Khateeb al-Baghdaadi (D. 463) said:

“وَكَانَ ثِقَةً ثَبْتًا حُجَّةً”

“He was Thiqah Thabat Hujjah”

[ Talkhees al-Mutashaabih (1/22)]

11-          Imaam Shams ud-Deen adh-Dhahabi (D. 748) authenticated his hadeeth in Talkhees al-Mustadrak (944), and he also said:

“الإِمَامُ، الحَافِظُ، الفَقِيْهُ، شَيْخُ الحَرَمِ”

“He is an Imaam, Haafidh, Faqeeh, and the Shaykh of Haram”

[ Siyar A'laam al-Nabula by Dhahabi (10/616)]

He also said:

“وكان امام حجة”

“He was Imaam Hujjah”

[Al-Abar (1/297)]

12-          Haafidh Ibn Hajar al-Asqalaani (D. 852) said:

“ثقة حافظ فقيه أجل أصحاب ابن عيينة”

“Thiqah Haafidh Faqeeh, the most esteemed of the companions of Ibn Uyaynah”

[ Taqreeb at-Tahdheeb by Ibn Hajar (23320)]

13-          Haafidh Ibn Abdil Barr al-Andalusi (D. 463) said:

“وكان من الفقهاء المحدثين النبلاء الثقات والحفاظ المأمونين”

“He was from the Fuqaha Muhadditheen, noble Thiqaat, Huffaadh, and trustworthy people”

[ Al-Intiqaa (P. 163)]

14-          Haafidh Ibn Abdil Haadi (D. 744) said:

“الإمام... الفقيه الحافظ، من كبار الأئمة”

“Al-Imaam… Faqeeh Haafidh, one of the major A’immah”

[ Tabaqaat Ulama al-Hadeeth (2/57)]

15-          Haafidh Ibn Naasir ud-Deen ad-Dimashqi (D. 842) said:

“وكان من كبار الأئمة وأحد علماء الأمة، شديد النصح للإسلام والعباد”

“He was from the major A’immah, and one of the Scholars of Ummah, he was strictly faithful for Islaam and the worshippers”

[ Al-Tabyaan li-Badee’at al-Bayaan (2/618)]

Those who criticized him:

1-    Imaam Yahya bin Ma’een (D. 233) said:

“كان يتسهل في السماع”

“He was lenient in hearing narrations”

[ Taareekh Ibn Ma'een, narrated by ad-Daarimi (556)]

At another place, Imaam Ibn Ma’een was asked by Ibn al-Junayd about Al-Humaydee whether he was Thiqah or not? He said:

“ما أدري، ليس لي به علم”

“I don’t know, I don’t have the knowledge about him”

[ Su'alaat Ibn al-Junayd (614)]

After the tawtheeq of Jumhoor, the slight criticism and unawareness of Imaam Ibn Ma’een does not harm

Note: The Jarh of Imaam Ibn Abdul Hakam on Imaam al-Humaydee is not proven because of Abu Ja’far as-Sakri in the chain (who is unknown).

Books of Imaam Humaydee:

Musnad al-Humaydee & Usool as-Sunnah etc

Conclusion:

Imaam Humaydee is unanimously agreed upon to be an Imaam, Hujjah, Thiqah, and Faqeeh.