Name:
أجلح بن عبد الله بن حجية ،
و يقال أجلح بن عبد الله بن معاوية الكندى ، أبو حجية الكوفى ، و يقال اسمه يحيى و
الأجلح لقب
Ajlah bin Abdullah bin Hujayyah,
and it is said, Ajlah bin Abdullah bin Mu’aawiyah al-Kindi, Abu Hujayyah
al-Koofi, and it is said his name is Yahya and Al-Ajlah is his title.
Tabaqah: 7 – From the Major Taba Taabi’een
Death: 145 H
Narrated by: Bukhaari in
al-Adab al-Mufrad – Abu Dawood – Tirmidhi – Nasaa’ee
Teachers: Habeeb bin Abi Thaabit, Aamir ash-Sha’bee, Abdullah
bin Buraydah, Ikrimah Mawla Ibn Abbaas, Abu Ishaaq as-Sabi’ee, Abu az-Zubayr
al-Makki, Naafi’ Mawla Ibn Umar, Abdullah bin Shareek al-Koofi and others.
Students: Hammaad bin Usaamah, Zuhayr bin Mu’aawiyah, Sufyaan
ath-Thawree, Shareek bin Abdullah an-Nakha’ee, Shu’bah bin al-Hajjaaj, Abdullah
bin al-Mubaarak, Abdullah bin Numayr, Eesa bin Yoonus, Hushaym bin Bushayr, Abu
Awaanah, Yahya bin Sa’eed al-Qattaan, Abu Bakr bin Ayyaash, and others.
Status: Thiqah, Hasan ul-Hadeeth
Opinions of Ahl ul-Jarh wat Ta’deel:
Those who authenticated him:
1- Imaam Shu’bah has narrated from
him, and it is known that Shu’bah only narrates from those who are Thiqah
according to him.
[See, Tahdheeb al-Kamaal (2/276); Taareekh al-Islaam
(3/812) etc]
Imaam Dhahabi said: “The teachers of Shu’bah are
Jayyaad”
[Meezaan: 4504]
Haafidh Ibn Hajar said while explaining his methodology
in Tahdheeb that:
“If it has
been proven from the conditions of a narrator that he does not narrate except
from Thiqah, then I have mentioned the names of all his Shuyookh or most of
them (in Tahdheeb), such as Shu’bah, Maalik and others.”
[Tahdheeb at-Tahdheeb: 1/5]
When Imaam Azdi declared Abu Sadaqah Tawbah bin
Abdullah to be “La Yuhtajju Bihi”, Imaam Dhahabi said while refuting him: “I
say, He is Thiqah, for Shu’bah has narrated from him”
[Meezaan: 3611]
Haafidh Ibn Hajar said about this saying of Imaam
Dhahabi that: “I read the writing of Dhahabi (in which he said) he is rather
Thiqah for Shu’bah has narrated from him; and the narration of Shu’bah from him
is his Tawtheeq”
[Tahdheeb at-Tahdheeb: 5161]
Note: Since there is no Jarh from Imaam Shu’bah on Ajlah
as compared to his narration from him, we can conclude that Ajlah is Thiqah
according to Imaam Shu’bah.
2- Imaam Yahya ibn Ma’een said: “He
is Thiqah”
[Taareekh Ibn Ma’een, narrated by ad-Dauri: 1276]
He also said: “There is nothing wrong in him”
[Taareekh Ibn Ma’een, narrated by ad-Dauri: 2232]
3- Imaam Ibn Abi Khaythamah
narrated the Tawtheeq of Imaam Ibn Ma’een and did not oppose him.
[Taareekh Ibn Abi Khaythamah: 2/382]
4- Imaam Ya’qoob bin Sufyaan
al-Faarsi said: “He is Thiqah, there is leniency (slight weakness) in his
hadeeth”
[Al-Ma’rifat wal Taareekh: 3/104]
Shaykh Abdullah bin Yoosuf al-Jadee’ says that such
an expression means, his hadeeth is dropped from the level of Saheeh to the
level of Hasan (not Da’eef).
[See, Tahreer Uloom ul-Hadeeth: 1/570]
5- Imaam Abu al-Hasan al-Ijlee
said: “He is Thiqah”
[Thiqaat: 1/57]
6- Imaam Abu Hafs Ibn Shaaheen
mentioned him among the Thiqah narrators
[1/262]
7- Imaam Abu Awaanah has narrated
from him in his Saheeh, which denotes that he is Thiqah according to him
[See, Musnad Abu Awaanah H. 847, 951, 2603]
8- Imaam Abu Ahmed bin Adee
al-Jarjaani said: “I did not find anything Munkar in him, which would cross the
limit either in chain or text, and I hope there is nothing wrong in him…. And he
is Mustaqeem ul-Hadeeth Sadooq according to me”
[Al-Kaamil: 2/140]
9- Imaam Tirmidhi authenticated
his hadeeth to be “Hasan Saheeh” [H. 1753], and “Hasan Ghareeb”
Note: The Authentication of a Lone narration is the
authentication of all its narrators.
10-
Imaam Haakim al-Neesaaboori authenticated his hadeeth saying: “This
hadeeth is Saheeh ul-Isnaad”
[Mustadrak al-Haakim: H. 2946, 3002, 4249, 4723]
11-
Imaam Zaya al-Maqdisi authenticated his hadeeth by narrating from him
in al-Ahaadeeth al-Mukhtaarah [1226]
12-
Haafidh al-Busayri authenticated his hadeeth saying, “Its chain is
Hasan”
[Itthaaf al-Khayrah: 4/49, 5/131]
And once he said about a chain containing Ajlah
that: “All its narrators are Thiqaat”
[Itthaaf al-Khayrah: 5/308. 7/40]
13-
Haafidh Noor ud-Deen al-Haythami said: “The Majority has done his
Tawtheeq”
[Majma az-Zawaaid: 1/189]
14-
Imaam Dhahabi said: “There is nothing wrong in his narration, and some
have declared him Layyin”
[Al-Mughni: 224]
Imaam Dhahabi mentioned him in “Man Takallam Feehi Wahuwa
Mawthaq” and said: “He is Shi’i Famous (and) Sudooq”
[13]
15-
Abdur Ra’oof al-Manaawi narrates: “Al-Ajlah al-Kindi is declared Thiqah
by the Jamhoor”
[Faydh ul-Qadeer: 4/357]
16-
Zayla’ee al-Hanafi authenticated his hadeeth saying: “Its chain is
Saalih”
[Takhreej Ahaadeeth al-Kashaaf: 3/229]
Those who criticized him:
1- Imaam Yahya bin Sa’eed
al-Qattaan said: “There is something in my heart about him”
[Al-Meezaan: 1/79; Al-Jarh wat Ta’deel: 2/347, Chain
Saheeh]
2- Imaam Ahmed bin Hanbal weakened
him
[Al-Jarh wat Ta’deel: 2/347]
3- Imaam Abu Haatim ar-Raazi said:
“Al-Ajlah is Layyin, he is not strong, write his narrations but do not take
evidence from them”
[Al-Jarh wat Ta’deel: 2/347]
4- Imaam Ibn Sa’d said: “He is Da’eef
Jiddan”
[Tabaqaat al-Kubra: 6/336-337]
5- Imaam Ibraaheem bin Ya’qoob
al-Juzjaani said: “He is a Slanderer”
[Ahwaal ur-Rijaal: 1/59]
Note: This is not an expression of Tad’eef
·
Imaam Abu Dawood said: “He (Ajlah) is Da’eef”
[Su’aalaat al-Ajurri: 1/179]
Note: This saying is not proven from Imaam Abu Dawood,
because the tawtheeq of Abu Ubayd al-Ajurri is not proven.
6- Imaam Nasaa’ee said: “He is not
strong, and he has excessed in Tashee’”
[Sunan al-Kubra lil Nasaa’ee: 10377]
This Jarh (Laisa Biqawi) is not a strong Jarh.
Shaykh Abdur Rahmaan bin Yahya al-Mu’allami has written that: “The phrase Laysa
Biqawi is meant to negate the highest level of strength from the narrator”
[Al-Tankeel: 1/232]
Lakhnawi al-Hanafi has said that: “The Jarh of mere Laysa
Biqawi is not against his hadeeth being Hasan, although it may not be Saheeh”
[Ghayth al-Ghammaam: P. 158]
Imaam Dhahabi said: “Laysa Biqawi is not a Jarh
Mufsad”
[Al-Mawqadhah: 82]
7- Imaam Ibn Hibbaan mentioned him
in al-Majroheen [1/175]
8- In Mukhtasar Khilaafiyaat
al-Bayhaqi, it is said: “He is not strong according to the people of hadeeth”
[3/235]
See under the Jarh # 6 above for the reality of the
phrase Laysa Biqawi
9- Imaam Ibn al-Jawzee mentioned
him ad-Du’afa wal Matrokeen
[1/64]
10-
Haafidh Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah said: “Evidence is not taken from his
hadeeth”
[I’laam al-Mawqa’een: 2/34; Zaad al-Ma’aad: 5/385]
11-
Haafidh Ibn Katheer said about him: “Feehi Nadhar”
[Al-Bidaayah wal Nihaayah: 5/226]
12-
Haafidh Ibn Hajar said: “He is Layyin”
[Fath ul-Baari: 9/615]
He also said: “He is Sadooq, Shi’i”
[Taqreeb: 285]
The decision of Contemporaries:
1- Shaykh Ahmed Shaakir said: “He
is Thiqah, some people have criticized him for no reason”
[Tahqeeq Tafseer at-Tabari: 5/169]
2- Shaykh Sulemaan bin Abdullah
bin Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhaab authenticated his hadeeth and said: “All its
narrators are Thiqaat”
[Tayseer al-Azeez al-Hameed fi Sharh Kitaab
at-Tawheed: 1/521]
3- Haafidh Ibn Ahmed bin Ali
al-Hukmi (D. 1377) while commenting on a hadeeth, said: “Al-Ajlah…. Is Sadooq
Shi’i as said in al-Taqreeb, and the remaining narrators are Thiqaat, narrators
of Shaykhayn, therefore the chain is Hasan…”
[A’laam al-Sunnah al-Manshoorah: 1/22]
4- Shaykh Naasir ud-Deen Albaani
declared him Hasan ul-Hadeeth
[Silsilah as-Saheehah: 139]
5- Husayn Saleem Asam
authenticated his hadeeth saying: “Its chain is Hasan”
[Tahqeeq Musnad Abi Ya’la: 2639, 7239]
6- Shaykh Abdullah bin Deefullah
al-Raheeli said: “The conclusion is that he is differed upon, and apparently he
is Hasan ul-Hadeeth, and evidence is not taken from him in that which accords
his Bid’ah”
[Tahqeeq Man Takallam feehi of Dhahabi: 1/74]
7- Shaykh Abu Taahir Zubayr Alee
Za’ee mentioned him in “Al-Sa’ee al-Mashkoor Feeman Waththaqah ul-Jumhoor (Those
who are Thiqah according to the Jumhoor)”
[Tahqeeqi Maqaalaat: P. 349]
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