Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 1 of 2

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the Tibi'oon. His mother was SulSlfah bint Yazdagird,
daughter of the last of the kings of Persia. He narrated
mursalZs6 reports from his grandfather 'Ali ihn Ahi Tilib.
Al-'Ajli said: He was a trustworthy man of the Tibi'oon of
Madinah. He died in 94 AH, at the age of fifty-eight.287
(vi) His nephew (the son of his sister) Ja'dah ibn Huhayrah ihn
Abi Wahh ibn 'Amr ihn 'A'id ibn 'Imk ibn Makhzoom,
and his mother Umm Hini' bint Abi T2ib. He was born at
the time of the Prophet (&) and he was a Companion. He
was governor of Khorasan and settled in Kufah. Al-'Ajli
said: He was a trustworthy man of the Tibi'oon of
Madinah who narrated from 'Ali.288
(vii) His slave woman Umm Moosa. It is said that her name
was Fikhitah or Habeebah. Al-Diiraquni said: Her hadith
is sound. Al-'AjLi said: She was a trustworthy woman of
the Tibi'oon of ~ufab.'~~
The most famous of those who narrated from 'Ali(4)
among
the Tihi'oon were:
(i) Abu al-Aswad ad-Du'ali al-Basri, the judge. His name was
- Dh2im ibn 'Am ibn Sufyzn. It was also said that his name
was 'Am ibn 'Uthm2n or 'Uthmk ibn 'Amr. He became
Muslim at the time of the Prophet (g), and he fought
alongside 'Ali (&) in the Battle of the Camel. He was
regarded as trustworthy by Ibn Ma'een, al-'Ajli and others.
He died during the governorship of 'Ubaydullah ibn Ziyid
in 69 AH.'^'
(ii) Abu Bardah ibn Moosa al-Ash'ari the Islamic jurist. His
name was al-Hirith, or it was said that it was 'Amir. He
was regarded as trustworthy by Ibn Sa'd, al-'Ajli and Ibn
Hibbk. AlL'Ajli said: He was appointed judge of Kufah