Ahmed bin Ibraaheem bin Khaalid al-Mawsali

Name:

أحمد بن إبراهيم بن خالد أبو علي الموصلي

Ahmed bin Ibraaheem bin Khaalid Abu Ali al-Mawsali

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

Death: 236 H

Narrated by: Abu Dawood – Ibn Majaah in al-Tafseer

Teachers: Ibraaheem bin Sa’d az-Zuhri, Ibraaheem bin Sulemaan Abu Ismaa’eel al-Mu’addab, Ibraaheem bin Sulemaan, Ismaa’eel bin Ulayyah, Ja’far bin Sulemaan ad-Duba’ee, Hammaad bin Zayd, Abu al-Ahwas Sallaam bin Sulaym, Shareek al-Qaadhi, Abdullah bin Ja’far bin Najeeh al-Madeeni the father of Ali al-Madeeni, Muhammad bin Thaabit al-Abdi, Abu Awaanah al-Waddaah bin Abdullah al-Yashkari, Abdullah bin al-Mubaarak, Yazeed bin Zuray’ and others.

Students: Abu Dawood as-Sijistaani, Ibn Abi Dunya, Ahmed bin al-Hasan as-Soofi, Abu Ya’la al-Mawsali, Abdullah bin Ahmed bin Hanbal, Abu al-Qaasim Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Abdul Azeez al-Baghawi, Abu Zur’ah ar-Raazi, Abu Ja’far Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Sulemaan al-Hadrami al-Koofi famously known as Mutayyan, Abu Ahmed Muhammad bin Abdoos bin Kaamil as-Siraaj and others.

Status: Thiqah

Opinions of Ahl ul-Jarh wat Ta’deel:

Those who praised him:

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

“ليس به بأس”

“There is nothing wrong in him”

[ Al-Jarh wat Ta’deel by Ibn Abi Haatim (2/39), Al-Ilal by Abdullah bin Ahmed (3857)]

In another place, Ibn al-Junayd asked Imaam Yahya bin Ma’een about Haarith an-Naqqaal and Ahmed bin Ibraaheem al-Mawsali, so he said:

“ثقتان، صدوقان”

“They both are Thiqah Sadooq”

[Su’aalaat Ibn al-Junayd (119)]

2-    Imaam Ibn Hibbaan (D. 354) mentioned him in Kitaab ath-Thiqaat (1/2)

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

“الإمام، الثقة”

“He is Imaam, Thiqah”

[ Siyar A’laam al-Nabula (11/35)]

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

“صدوق”

“Sadooq”

[ Taqreeb (1)]

Those who criticized him:

None

Conclusion:

Ahmed bin Ibraaheem is Thiqah Sadooq.