Name:
قيس بن الربيع الأسدى ، أبو محمد الكوفى
Qays bin ar-Rabee’ al-Asdi, Abu Muhammad al-Koofi
Tabaqah: 7 (from
the major Taba Taabi’een)
Death: 100 and
some H.
Narrations narrated by: Abu Dawood
– Tirmidhi – Ibn Maajah
Status: Weak
(Da’eef) according to the Jamhoor
Opinions of Scholars:
1-
Imaam Shu’bah bin al-Hajjaaj
said, I heard Abu Husayn (D. 127) praising Qays.
[Al-Jarh
wat Ta’deel: 1/151; 7/96, Chain Hasan; Taareekh Baghdaad: 12/452]
2-
Imaam Abu Nu’aym (Al-Fadl
bin Dukayn) said: I heard Sufyaan (Ath-Thawree, D. 161), when Qays bin Rabee’
was mentioned, he praised him.
[Al-Jarh
wat Ta’deel: 7/97, Chain Saheeh]
3-
Imaam Amr bin Ali al-Fallaas
said I heard Mu’aadh bin Mu’aadh (D. 196) praising Qays.
[Al-Jarh
wat Ta’deel: 7/97, Chain Saheeh]
4-
Imaam Ibn al-Madeeni said
that Imaam Wakee’ ibn al-Jarraah (D. 197) weakened Qays bin ar-Rabee’.
[Ad-Du’afa
al-Kabeer by al-Ukaylee: 3/469 # 1527, Chain Saheeh; Taareekh al-Kabeer by
Imaam Bukhaari: 7/156]
Imaam Ahmed
said, I heard Wakee’ saying more than once: “Qays bin ar-Rabee’ narrated to
us – and Allaah’s refuge is sought (from his hadeeth)”
[Al-Illal
wa Ma’rifat ur-Rijaal: 5619, 5948; Al-Kaamil: 7/157]
5-
Muhammad bin al-Muthanna
said: “I never heard Yahya (Al-Qattaan, D. 198) and Abdur Rahmaan (bin
Mahdi, D. 198) narrating anything from Qays bin ar-Rabee’”
[Ad-Du’afa
al-Kabeer by al-Ukaylee: 3/469 # 1527, Chain Saheeh]
Imaam Amr
bin Ali al-Fallaas said: “Yahya and Abdur Rahmaan did not used to narrate
from Qays; Abdur Rahmaan narrated to us from him before that and later
abandoned him”
[Ad-Du’afa
al-Kabeer by al-Ukaylee: 3/469 # 1527, Chain Saheeh; Taareekh al-Awsat by Imaam
Bukhaari: 2/172 # 2190; Al-Jarh wat Ta’deel: 7/97; Taareekh Baghdaad: 12/455]
6-
Ahmed bin Saalih al-Misri asked Imaam Abu
Nu’aym Al-Fadl bin Dukayn al-Koofi (D. 219): Is Qays bin ar-Rabee’ anything to
you? He replied: “No”
[Al-Jarh
wat Ta’deel: 7/97, Chain Saheeh]
7-
Imaam Abu al-Waleed
at-Tiyaalsi (D. 227) said: “Qays bin ar-Rabee is Thiqah, Hasan ul-Hadeeth”
[Taareekh
Baghdaad: 12/454, Chain Saheeh]
8-
Imaam Yahya ibn Ma’een (D.
233) said: “He is nothing”
[Sawalaat
Ibn al-Junayd: 1/337 # 263; Taareekh Ibn Ma’een narrated by Ad-Dauri: 3/277 #
1327]
Ibn Tahmaan
said, Yahya ibn Ma’een said: “The hadeeth of Qays bin ar-Rabee’ is nothing”
[Min Kalaam
Abi Zakariyyah Yahya bin Ma’een fi ar-Rijaal: 1/112 # 360]
He also
said: “Qays bin ar-Rabee’ is Da’eef”
[Al-Kaamil
by Ibn Adee: 7/157 # 1586, Chain Saheeh]
9-
Al-Marwazi said, I asked
Ahmed bin Hanbal (D. 241) about Qays bin ar-Rabee’, thus he weakened him.
[Al-Illal
wa Ma’rifat ur-Rijaal: 1/121 # 206]
Imaam Ahmed
also said: “He is a Shi’aa and he makes a lot of mistakes in hadeeth”
[Al-Kaamil
by Ibn Adee: 7/157]
Imaam Ahmed
also said: “He had a son who would take the hadeeth of Mis’ar, Sufyaan
ath-Thawree and the early people and he would add them into the hadeeth of his
father while he (his father) would not know”
[Al-Kaamil
by Ibn Adee: 7/157, Chain Saheeh]
10-
Imaam Bukhaari (D. 256) said:
“I do not write the hadeeth of Qays bin ar-Rabee’ and neither do I narrate
from him”
[Al-Illal
al-Kabeer by Tirmidhi: 1/379 # 706]
Imaam
Bukhaari also mentioned him in his Ad-Du’afa as-Sagheer [1/115 # 316]
11-
Imaam Ibraaheem bin Ya’qoob
al-Juzjaani (D. 259) said: “Qays bin ar-Rabee’ is Saaqit (void)”
[Ahwaal
ur-Rijaal: 1/96 # 73]
12-
Imaam Abu Zur’ah ar-Raazi
(D. 264) said: “He is Layyin”
[Al-Jarh
wat Ta’deel: 7/98]
13-
Imaam Abu Haatim ar-Raazi
(D. 277) said: “He is at the level of being truthful, and he is not strong,
write his narrations, but do not take evidence from him, and he is more beloved
to me than Muhammad bin Abdur Rahmaan bin Abi Layla, and evidence is not taken
from the hadeeth of either of them.”
[Al-Jarh
wat Ta’deel by Ibn Abi Haatim: 7/98]
14-
Imaam Tirmidhi (D. 279)
said: “Qays bin ar-Rabee is weakened in hadeeth”
15-
Imaam Abu Abdur Rahmaan
Ahmed bin Shu’ayb an-Nasaa’ee (D. 303) said: “Qays bin ar-Rabee’ is Matrook
ul-Hadeeth (Abandoned in hadeeth)”
[Ad-Du’afa
wal Matrokeen by Nasaa’ee: 1/88 # 499]
16-
Imaam Ibn Hibbaan (D. 354)
mentioned Qays in his al-Majroheen and narrated the criticisms of Scholars.
[2/216]
17-
Imaam Abu Ahmed bin Adee
al-Jarjaani said: “La Ba’sa Bihi (There is nothing wrong in him)”
[Al-Kaamil:
7/171]
18-
Imaam Daaraqutni (D. 385)
declared Qays to be “Da’eef”
[Sunan
ad-Daaraqutni: 2/120 H. 1248; Illal ad-Daaraqutni: 4/20]
19-
Imaam Bayhaqi (D. 458) said:
“Qays bin ar-Rabee’ is not strong”
[Sunan
al-Kubra by Bayhaqi: 7/450 H. 14604]
He also
said: “Evidence is not taken from him”
[Al-Sunan
al-Kubra by Bayhaqi: 8/596 H. 17692]
20-
Ibn al-Qaysaraani al-Soofi (D.
507) said: “Qays is nothing”
[Dhakheerat
ul-Huffaadh: 1/497]
He further
said: “Qays is Da’eef”
[Same:
2/611; 2/631; 2/726; 2/867; 2/975; 2/1098; 2/1180; 2/1206; 3/1743; 3/1754;
3/1783; 4/2201; 4/2211; 4/2401; 5/2498; 5/2603; 5/2618; 5/2696]
And he also
said: “Qays is severely weak”
[Same:
2/1149; 4/2464]
21-
Imaam Abu al-Faraj Ibn
al-Jawzee mentioned him in ad-Du’afa wal Matrokeen and said: “He narrates
ahadeeth which contain dispute (Nazr)”
[3/20]
22-
Imaam Abu al-Hajjaaj
al-Mizzi (D. 742) said: “Qays is Da’eef in hadeeth”
[Tuhfat
ul-Ashraaf Bima’rifat al-Atraaf: 4/27 # 4489]
23-
Imaam Dhahabi (D. 748) said:
“Qays bin ar-Rabee’ has weak memory”
[Al-Uluw:
1/52]
Also said: “Sudooq,
Weak in Memory”
[Al-Mughni
fi ad-Du’afa: 2/526-527]
At one
place, he said: “He is Da’eef (Weak)”
[Siyar
A’laam al-Nabula: 4/59 T. Abdullah bin Salaam]
At one
place, he said: “Qays, Laysa Bizaaka (he is nothing)”
[Mu’jam
ash-Shuyookh al-Kabeer by Dhahabi: 1/406]
At one
place, he said: “Qays is not strong”
[Meezaan
al-I’tidaal: 2/21]
24-
Haafidh Ibn al-Mulaqqin (D.
804) said: “Qays bin ar-Rabee’ is Sudooq; and hujjah is not taken from him”
[Al-Badar
al-Muneer: 9/300]
25-
Haafidh Abu al-Fadl al-Iraaqi
(D. 806) said: “He is Differed upon”
[Tarh
at-Tathreeb: 7/45]
He also
said: “Qays bin ar-Rabee’ is weakened by Jamhoor”
[Takhreej
Ahaadeeth al-Ihyaa: 1/1422]
26-
Haafidh Noor ud-Deen
al-Haythami (D. 807) said: “A Jama’ah (group) has weakened him”
[Majma
az-Zawaaid: 1/180 H. 845]
27-
Haafidh al-Busayri (D. 840)
said, while commenting on a hadeeth: “This chain is weak because of the
weakness of Qays bin ar-Rabee’”
[Ithaaf
al-Khayrah: 2/99 H. 1112]
He also
said: “La Yuhtajju Bihi (Evidence is not taken from him)”
[Ithaaf
al-Khayrah: 1/189 #3/3399]
28-
Haafidh Ibn Hajar (D. 852)
said: “He is truthful, he has been weakened because of his weak memory”
[Fath
ul-Baari: 13/285]
Ibn Hajar
also said: “Qays bin ar-Rabee’ is Da’eef (Weak)”
[Talkhees
al-Habeer: 2/255; 3/375; 1/443;]
29-
Badr ud-Deen al-Aynee (D.
855) said: “He (Qays) is Da’eef (weak)”
[Sharh Abi
Dawood by al-Aynee: 3/112; Umdat ul-Qaari: 4/107]
30-
Mulla Ali Qaari (D. 1014)
said: “He is weakened in hadeeth”
[Mirqaat
al-Mafateeh Sharh Mishkaat al-Masaabeeh: 7/2714]
31-
Haafidh Zayn ud-Deen
Muhammad al-Manaawi (D. 1034) said: “Qays bin ar-Rabee’ al-Asdi has been
weakened by many people”
[Faydh
ul-Qadeer: 1/213]
He also
said: “He is weakened by Jamhoor”
[Faydh
ul-Qadeer: 3/119 H. 2835]
32-
Ibraaheem bin Muhammad bin
Muhammad Kamaal ud-Deen al-Hanafi ad-Dimashqi (D. 1120) said: “He is Weak”
[Al-Bayaan
wal Ta’reef fi Asbaab Wurood al-Hadeeth ash-Shareef: 2/4]
33-
As-Sana’aani (D. 1182) said:
“He is Da’eef (weak)”
[Subul
as-Salaam Sharh Buloogh al-Maraam: 1/475]
34-
Imaam ash-Shawkaani (D.
1250) said: “He is Da’eef (weak)”
[Nayl
al-Awtaar: 4/46]
Conclusion: The
Jamhoor has declared Qays bin ar-Rabee’ to be Da’eef.
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