Ibraaheem bin Uyaynah bin Abi Imraan al-Hilaali al-Koofi, Abu Ishaaq

Name:

إبراهيم بن عيينة بن أبى عمران الهلالى مولاهم الكوفى ، أبو إسحاق ( أخو سفيان و عمران و محمد و آدم بنى عيينة )

Ibraaheem bin Uyaynah bin Abi Imraan al-Hilaali, their Mawla al-Koofi, Abu Ishaaq (the brother of Sufyaan, Imraan, Muhammad, and Aadam all are the sons of Uyaynah)

Tabaqah: 8 – From the Middle Level of Taba Taabi’een

Death: Before 200 H

Narrated by: Abu Dawood – Nasaa’ee – Ibn Maajah

Teachers: Ismaa’eel bin Raafi’ al-Madani, Sufyaan ath-Thawree, Shu’bah bin al-Hajjaaj, Mis’ar bin Kidaam, Al-Waleed bin Tha’labah, Abu Taalib al-Qaas and others.

Students: Sufyaan bin Wakee’ bin al-Jarraah, Abu Sa’eed Abdullah al-Ashaj, Amr bin Ali al-Fallaas, Muhammad bin Abbaad al-Makki, Yahya bin Ma’een, Muhammad bin Qudaamah al-Ansaari and others.

Status: Sadooq, Hasan ul-Hadeeth

Opinions of Ahl ul-Jarh wat Ta’deel:

Those who criticized him:

1-    Imaam Ahmed bin Hanbal said: “…He would narrate ahaadeeth in which he would oppose (ankara)” and he (Ahmed) had lenient opinion about him.

[Al-Ilal of Ahmed narrated by Al-Marwazi: 1/122]

2-    Imaam Abu Zur’ah ar-Raazi said: “He is Da’eef ul-Hadeeth”

[Ad-Du’afa by Abu Zur’ah ar-Raazi: 2/460]

3-    Imaam Abu Haatim ar-Raazi said: “He is a Shaykh, he comes up with Manaakeer”

[Al-Jarh wat Ta’deel: 2/119]

Note: Narrating Manaakeer is way different than being “Munkar ul-Hadeeth”. The later denotes complete abandonment of the narrator’s hadeeth while the former does not denote continuity and it is not considered a reliable Jarh.

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

[1/45]

5-    Haafidh al-Haythami said: “He is weakened by the Majority”

[Majma az-Zawaaid: 1/24]

Those who praised him:

1-    Imaam Yahya ibn Ma’een said: “He is Muslim, Sadooq, he is not from the Ashaab al-Hadeeth”

[Su’aalaat Ibn al-Junayd: 1/332]

2-    Imaam Abu al-Hasan al-Ijlee said: “He is Sadooq”

[Ath-Thiqaat: 1/53]

3-    Imaam Abu Awaanah authenticated his hadeeth in his Saheeh

[H. 8371]

4-    Imaam Ibn Hibbaan mentioned him in Ath-Thiqaat

[8/59]

Ibn Hibbaan also authenticated his narrations in his Saheeh

[H. 2895, 5241]

5-    Imaam Dhahabi said: “His Hadeeth is Saalih”

[Meezaan al-I’tidaal: 1/51]

6-    Haafidh Ibn Hajar al-Asqalaani said: “He is Sadooq, makes (a few) mistakes”

[Taqreeb: 227]

Conclusion:

The hadeeth of Ibraaheem bin Uyaynah does not drop from the level of Hasan. Shaykh Albaani and Shaykh Zubayr Alee Za’ee also consider him Hasan ul-Hadeeth.