Aasim bin Kulayb bin Shihaab al-Jarmi al-Koofi

Name:

عاصم بن كليب بن شهاب ابن المجنون الجرمى ، الكوفى

Aasim bin Kulayb bin Shihaab Ibn al-Majnoon al-Jarmi, al-Koofi

Tabaqah: 5 – From the Minor Level of Taabi’een

Death: 100 and something H.

Narrations narrated by: Bukhaari in Ta’leeq form – Muslim – Abu Dawood – Tirmidhi – Nasaa’ee – Ibn Maajah

Teachers: Alqamah bin Waa’il ibn Hujr, Kulayb bin Shihaab al-Jarmi, Abdur Rahmaan bin al-Aswad and others.

Students: Zaa’idah bin Qudaamah, Sufyaan ath-Thawree, Sufyaan bin Uyaynah, Shu’bah bin al-Hajjaaj, Al-Nu’maan bin Thaabit Abu Haneefah and others.

Status: Thiqah 

Praise:

1-   Imaam Ahmed bin Hanbal said: “There is nothing wrong in him”

[Al-Jarh wat Ta’deel: 1929]

Imaam Ahmed also said: “He is Thiqah”

[Suwa’laat al-Maymooni: 356]

2-   Imaam Yahya ibn Ma’een said: “He is Thiqah Ma’moon”

[Suwa’laat Ibn Tahmaan: 63]

3-   Imaam Abu Haatim ar-Raazi said: “He is Saalih”

[Al-Jarh wat Ta’deel: 1929]

4-   Imaam Ibn Hibbaan mentioned him in ath-Thiqaat [7/256]

5-   Imaam Ibn Sa’d said: “He is Thiqah, evidence is taken from him, and he is not Katheer ul-Hadeeth”

[Tabaqaat al-Kubra: 6/341]

6-   Imaam al-Ijlee said: “He is Thiqah”

[Thiqaat: 27]

7-   Imaam Ya’qoob bin Sufyaan al-Faarsi said: “He is Thiqah”

[Al-Ma’rifat wal Taareekh: 3/95]

8-   Imaam Abu Hafs Ibn Shaaheen mentioned him in ath-Thiqaat [833]

9-   Imaam Dhahabi said: “He is Thiqah, Waliullah”

[Man Takallam Feehi Wahuwa Mawthaq: 170]

10-         Haafidh Ibn Hajar said: “He is Sudooq, mild towards Irjaa”

[Taqreeb] 

Criticism:
  

1-   Imaam Ibn al-Madeeni said: “Evidence is not taken from him when he is alone in narrating”

[Ad-Du’afa wal Matrokeen by Ibn al-Jawzee: 81]

This Jarh is rejected because:

·       It is against the Jamhoor.

·       It is not authentically proven from Ibn al-Madeeni

Conclusion:
 

Aasim bin Kulayb al-Jarmi is Thiqah