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in the Qur'an, Hadith, History 
al-Fa_l b. Dukayn b. \ammád b. Zuhayr, Abú Nu`aym al-'A<wal al-Mulá'í al-Taymí
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Relied upon by: Abí Dáwúd Bukhárí Dárimí Ibn \anbal Ibn Májah Muslim Nasá'í Tirmidhí His real name is `Amr ibn Hammad ibn Zuhayr al-Malla'i al-Kufi, and he is well known by Abu Na`im. He is al-Bukhari's mentor, as the latter admits in his own Sahih. A group of elite scholars, like Ibn Qutaybah in his Al-Ma`arif, has included him among Shi`a dignitaries. Al-Thahbi mentions him in his Al-Mizan and says: "I have heard ibn Ma`in saying: `If a man's name is mentioned in the presence of Abu Na`im and he calls him a good person and praises him, then rest assured that that person is a Shi`a; whereas if he labels someone as Murji', then rest assured that he is a good Sunni.'" Al-Thahbi says that this statement proves that Yahya ibn Ma`in inclines towards believing in the Return. It also proves that the man considers al-Fadl as a very staunch Shi`a.
In his biography of Khalid ibn Mukhlid in his Al-Mizan, al-Thahbi quotes al-Jawzjani saying that Abu Na`im follows the Kufi sect, i.e. Shi`ism. To sum up, the fact that al-Fadl ibn Dakin is a Shi`a has never been disputed. Nevertheless, all authors of the six sahih books rely on him. Refer to his hadith in Bukhari's Sahih from Humam ibn Yahya, `Abdul-`Aziz ibn Abu Salamah, Zakariyyah ibn Abu Za'idah, Hisham al-Distwa'i, al-A`mash, Misar, al-Thawri, Malik, Ibn `Ayinah, Shaybah, and Zuhayr. His hadith in Muslim is transmitted by Saif ibn Abu Sulayman, Isma`il ibn Muslim, Abu `Asim Muhammad ibn Ayyub al-Thaqafi, Abul Amis, Musa ibn `Ali, Abu Shihab Musa ibn Nafi`, Sufyan, Hisham ibn Sa`d, `Abdul-Wahid ibn Ayman, and Isra'il. Al-Bukhari quotes him directly, while Muslim quotes his hadith as transmitted by Hajjaj ibn al-Sha`ir, `Abd ibn Hamid, Ibn Abu Shaybah, Abu Sa`d al-Ashajj, Ibn Namir, `Abdullah al-Darmi, Issaq al-Hanzali, and Zuhayr ibn Harb.
He was born in 133, and he died in Kufa on a Thursday night on the last day of Sha`ban, 210, during al-Mu`tasim's reign. Ibn Sa`d mentions him on page 279, Vol. 6, of his Tabaqat, describing him as "trustworthy, reliable, a man who has narrated a great deal of hadith, and an authority therein." [Tahdhíb al-Tahdhíb, Ibn \ajar al-`Asqalání, Shiháb al-Dín A<mad b. Núr al-Dín `Alí, Abú al-Fa_l al-Sháfi`í, Haydarabad: Dá'irat al-ma`árif al-ni~ámiyyah (12 vols), 1325-7 AH, v. 8, p. 270-276 ] Ya`qúb b. Shaybah said: he was reliable and trustworthy. Considered reliable by A<mad [b. \anbal], Abú \átim, Ibn al-Madaní, al-`Ijlí, Ibn Sa`d, Ibn Sháhín and al-Kha>íb in his Ta'ríkh [Baghdád]. Ya`qúb b. Sufyán said: Our scholars agree that Abú Nu`aym belonged to the utmost of mastery [in his field]. [Tadhkirat al-<uffá~, al-Dhahabí, Shams al-Dín Mu<ammad b. A<mad b. `Uthmán, Abú `Abd Alláh, Haydarabad: Dá'irat al-ma`árif al-ni~ámiyyah, 1333 AH, v. 1, p. 341 ] Ya`qúb b. Shaybah said: he was reliable and trustworthy. Considered reliable by A<mad [b. \anbal], Abú \átim, Ibn al-Madaní, al-`Ijlí, Ibn Sa`d, Ibn Sháhín and al-Kha>íb in his Ta'ríkh [Baghdád]. Ya`qúb b. Sufyán said: Our scholars agree that Abú Nu`aym belonged to the utmost of mastery [in his field]. The Ahlul Bayt DILP team does not necessarily agree with all of the statements and opinions expressed by the authors of these texts regarding their subjects. These are presented for the purposes of private research only. Presented by the Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project team |
