Abu Khaalid Hurmuz al-Waalibi

Name:

هرمز، أبو خالد الوالبى ، الكوفى، و يقال هرم

Hurmuz Abu Khaalid al-Waalibi, al-Koofi, and it is said his name is: Harm

Tabaqah: 2: From the Major Taabi’een (or 3: From the Middle level of Taabi’een)

Death: 100 H.

Narrated from him: Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi, Ibn Maajah.

Status: Thiqah

Opinion of Scholars:

1-   Imaam Abu Haatim ar-Raazi (rahimahullah) said: “Saalih al-Hadeeth”

[Al-Jarh wat Ta’deel by Ibn Abi Haatim: 9/121]

2-   Imaam Ibn Hibbaan (rahimahullah) mentioned him in Kitaab ath-Thiqaat [5/514]

3-   Imaam Ibn al-Qattaan (rahimahullah) said: “There is nothing wrong in him”

[Bayaan al-Wahem wal Ayhaam fi Kitaab al-Ahkaam: 4/642]

4-   Imaam Dhahabi said: “He is Sudooq”

[Al-Kaashif: 2/422]

5-   The Authors of Tahreer at-Taqreeb (Dr. Bashaar Awwaad & Shu’ayb al-Arana’oot) said: “He is Sudooq Hasan ul-Hadeeth”

[Tahreer at-Taqreeb: 8073]