Abdur Rahmaan bin Sulemaan bin Abdullah bin Handhalah al-Ansaari

Name:

عَبْد الرَّحْمَن بن سُلَيْمان بن عَبد اللَّه بن حنظلة الأَنْصارِيّ الأوسي ، أَبُو سُلَيْمان المدني المعروف بابن الغسيل.

Abdur Rahmaan bin Sulemaan bin Abdullah bin Handhalah al-Ansaari al-Awsi, Abu Sulemaan al-Madani, Famous as: Ibn al-Ghaseel

Birth: 66 H

Tabaqah: 6 – From the contemporaries of Minor Taabi’een

Death: 172 H

Narrated by: Bukhaari – Muslim – Abu Dawood – Tirmidhi in al-Shumayal – Ibn Maajah

Teachers: Ikrimah, Aseed bin Ali bin Ubayd, Al-Mundhir bin Abi Usayd as-Saa’idi, Abbaas bin Sahl, Aasim bin Umar bin Qataadah, and a group

Students: Wakee’ bin al-Jarraah, Abu Ahmed az-Zubayri, Abu Nu’aym al-Fadl bin Dukayn, Abu al-Waleed at-Tiyaalsi, Yahya bin Abdul Humayd al-Himmaani, Ahmed bin Ya’qoob al-Mas’oodi, Ibraaheem bin Abi al-Wazeer, Muhammad bin Abdul Waahib, Jubaarah bin al-Mughallis, and others.

Status: Thiqah

Opinions of Ahl ul-Jarh wat Ta’deel:

Those who praised him:

1-    Imaam Yahya ibn Ma’een said: “He is Thiqah; There is nothing wrong in him”

[Taareekh ad-Dauri: 2/349; al-Jarh wat Ta’deel: 5/239]

2-    Imaam Bukhaari narrated from him in his Saheeh

[Saheeh Bukhaari: H. 2900, 3628, 3984, 3985, 5683, 5704, 6438 etc]

3-    Imaam Muslim narrated from him in his Saheeh

[Saheeh Muslim: H. 2205]

4-    Imaam Abu Zur’ah ar-Raazi said: “He is Koofi Thiqah”

[Al-Jarh wat Ta’deel: 5/239]

5-    Imaam Ibn Hibbaan mentioned him in ath-Thiqaat

[5/85 T. 3968]

6-    Imaam Ibn Shaaheen mentioned him in ath-Thiqaat

[T. 783]

7-    Imaam Ibn Adee said: “He is among those who narrations are relied upon and written down”

[Al-Kaamil: 5/465]

8-    Imaam ad-Daaraqutni said: “He is Thiqah”

[Al-Mu’talaf wal Mukhtalaf: 3/1734]

9-    Imaam al-Haakim authenticated his hadeeth, saying: “Its chain is Saheeh”

[Mustadrak al-Haakim: H. 6971, 7260]

10-          Haafidh al-Baghawi authenticated his hadeeth

[See, Sharh us-Sunnah: 12/143, 14/178]

11-          Haafidh Ibn al-Qattaan al-Faasi said: “He is Thiqah”

[Bayaan al-Wahem wal Ayhaam: 4/662]

12-          Imaam Dhahabi said: “He is Katheer ul-Hadeeth Thiqah Jaleel”

[Al-Abar: 1/201]

He also said: “He is Sadooq”
[Al-Kaashif: 1/630]

Dhahabi also mentioned him in “Man Takallam Feehi Wahuwa Mawthaq”

[1/120 T. 210]

13-          Haafidh Ibn Hajar al-Asqalaani said: “He is Sadooq, there is leniency in him”

[Taqreeb: 3887]

Ibn Hajar also said: “And he is Thiqah according to the Majority (Akthar)”

[Fath ul-Baari: 10/140 under H. 5683]

Note:

·        Mughaltaa’ee al-Hanafi authenticated one of his hadeeth saying, “Its chain is Saheeh”

[Sharh Sunan Ibn Maajah: 1/1262]

Those who criticized him:

1-    Imaam an-Nasaa’ee said: “He is not strong”

[Al-Kaamil: 5/463 T. 1110]

2-    Imaam Ibn Hibbaan also mentioned him in al-Majroheen and said: “Despite the sincerity in him, he is among those who err and make a lot of mistakes…”

[2/57 T. 597]

3-    Imaam al-Ukaylee mentioned him in ad-Du’afa

[P. 117]

4-    Haafidh Ibn al-Jawzee mentioned him in ad-Du’afa

[P. 94]

Conclusion:

Abdur Rahmaan bin al-Ghaseel is Thiqah according to the Jumhoor.