Abdullah bin Yoosuf at-Tinneesi

Name:

عبد الله بن يوسف التنيسى ، أبو محمد الكلاعى المصرى ( أصله دمشقى ، نزل تنيس )

Abdullah bin Yoosuf at-Tinneesi, Abu Muhammad al-Kalaa’ee (He is originally from Dimashq, resident in Tinnees)

Tabaqah: 10 - From Major level of those who narrated from Taba Taabi'een

Death: 218 H

Narrated by: Al-Bukhaari – Abu Dawood – Tirmidhi – Nasaa'ee

Teachers: Sa'eed bin 'Abdul 'Aziz al-Tanookhi, Imam Maalik, Yahya bin Hamzah bin Waaqid, Al-Layth bin Sa'd, 'Abdullah bin Saalim al-Asha'ri, 'Abdur Rahmaan bin Abi ar-Rijaal, 'Eesa bin Yoonus bin Abi Ishaaq, al-Haytham bin Humayd al-Ghassanee, Salamah bin al-'Ayyaar, Al-Waleed bin Muslim al-Qurashi, 'Abdullah bin Wahb, and Others

Students: Al-Bukhaari, Muhammad bin Ishaaq al-Saaghaani, Ibraaheem bin Ya’qoob bin Ishaq, 'Amr bin Mansoor al-Nasaa’ee, Muhammad bin 'Abdullah bin 'Abdul Raheem, Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Mus'ab, Rabee' bin Sulaiman bin Dawood, Yahya bin Ma'een, Harmalah bin Yahya bin Abdullah, al-Hasan bin 'Abdul 'Azeez bin al-Wazeer, Abu Haatim ar-Raazi, Ya’qoob bin Sufyaan, Bakr bin Sahl al-Dimyaati and others.

Status: Thiqah Thabat

Opinions of Ahl ul-Jarh wat Ta’deel:

Those who praised him:

1-    Imaam Yahya bin Ma’een (D. 233) said:

“اثبت الناس في الموطأ عبد الله بن مسلمة القعنبي وعبد الله بن يوسف التنيسي بعده”

“The most Thabat of people in Muwatta is Abdullah bin Maslamah al-Qa’nabi and after him is Abdullah bin Yoosuf at-Tinneesi”

[ Su'aalaat as-Sijzi lil Haakim (1/239), Taareekh Dimashq by Ibn Asaakir (33/397), Tahdheeb al-Kamaal fi Asmaa ur-Rijaal by al-Mizzi (16/335), Chain of Sijzi is Hasan]

2-    Imaam Muhammad bin Ismaa’eel al-Bukhaari (D. 256) has narrated more than 300 narrations from him in his Saheeh

3-    Imaam Abu al-Hasan al-Ijlee (D. 261) said:

“ثقة”

“Thiqah”

[ Ath-Thiqaat by al-Ijlee (P. 32)]

4-    Imaam Abu Haatim ar-Raazi (D. 275) said:

“هُوَ أتقن من مروان الطاطري، وهُوَ ثقة”

“He is more proficient than Marwaan at-Taatri, and he is Thiqah”

[ Al-Jarh wat Ta'deel by Ibn Abi Haatim (Vol. 5 T. 961)]

5-    Imaam Abu Sa’eed bin Yoonus al-Misri (D. 347) said:

“وكان ثقة حسن الحديث”

“He was Thiqah Hasan ul-Hadeeth”

[ Taareekh Ibn Yoonus al-Misri (2/117)]

6-    Imaam Ibn Khuzaymah (D. 311) narrated from him in his Saheeh (H. 613, 631, 939, 1192, 1419, 1730, 2447)

7-    Imaam Ibn Hibbaan (D. 354) mentioned him in Ath-Thiqaat (8/349) and also narrated from him in his Saheeh
[ H. 3390, 4307]

8-    Imaam Abu Ahmed bin Adee al-Jarjaani (D. 365) said:

“صدوق، لا بأس بِهِ”

“He is Sadooq; there is nothing wrong in him”

[ Al-Kaamil by Ibn Adee (2/139)]

9-    Imaam Abu al-Hasan ad-Daaraqutni (D. 385) said:

“ثِقَةٌ”

“Thiqah”

[ Sunan ad-Daaraqutni (1/319)]

10-          Imaam Abu Abdullah al-Haakim al-Neesaaboori (D. 405) authenticated several of his ahaadeeth in al-Mustadrak

[See, H. 330, 945, 2237, 2844, 7374, 8646, 8776, 8785, and Dhahabi followed him]

11-          Imaam Abu Ya’la al-Khaleeli (D. 446) said:

“ثِقَةٌ, مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ”

“He is Thiqah, agreed upon”

[ Al-Irshaad fi Ma'rifah Ulama al-Hadeeth by al-Khaleeli (1/262)]

12-          Imaam Shams ud-Deen adh-Dhahabi (D. 748) said:

“الشَّيْخُ، الإِمَامُ، الحَافِظُ، المُتْقِنُ”

“Shaykh ul-Islaam, al-Haafidh, al-Mutqin”

[ Siyar A'laam al-Nabula by Dhahabi (10/357)]

At another place, he said:

“الحافظ الحجة”

“Al-Haafidh al-Hujjah”

[Tadhkirat al-Huffaadh (1/296)]

At another place, he said:

“أحد الأثبات”

“He is one of the Thabat narrators”

[Al-Abar (1/294)]

13-          Haafidh Ibn Hajar al-Asqalaani (D. 852) said:

“ثقة متقن من أثبت الناس في الموطأ”

“Thiqah, Mutqin, one of the most Thabat of people in Muwatta”

[ Taqreeb at-Tahdheeb by Ibn Hajar (3721)]

Those who criticized him:

None

Conclusion:

Abdullah bin Yoosuf is unanimously agreed upon to be Thiqah Thabat.