Nasb-and-the-Nawasib

Nonetheless, various scholars have forbade accepting the narrations of various
Nawāṣib of both categories, hereunder we enlist some of them:
1
• Rabīʿah ibn Yazīd: He would swear ʿAlī I. 2 That is why Abū Ḥātim has
said the following regarding him:
ل يروى عنه ول كرامة،‏ ول يذكر بخير
No, never can one narrate from him, nor can he be mentioned with
goodness. 3
• Yazīd ibn Muʿāwiyah: Imām Aḥmad was asked whether one can narrate
from him, and he said:
ل ول كرامة
No, never. 4
• ʿUmar ibn Saʿd: The commander of the army which killed Ḥusayn I. 5
Yaḥyā Ibn Maʿīn 6 was asked, “Is he reliable?” He replied by saying:
1 Rabīʿah ibn Yazīd al-Sulamī: Some have stated that he was a Ṣaḥābī but most have denied that. Abū
Ḥātim said about him, “Whoever has considered him amongst the Ṣaḥābah has not brought anything
forth.” Ibn Ḥibbān has documented him in his al-Thiqāt. I did not come across his date of death. See:
al-Thiqāt 3/129; al-Istīʿāb 2/493; al-Iṣābah 2/477.
2 Al-Istīʿāb 2/493; al-Iṣābah 2/477.
3 Al-Istīʿāb 2/493; al-Iṣābah 2/477.
4 Al-Muntaẓam 5/322; Mīzān al-Iʿtidāl 7/262.
5 Maʿrifah al-Thiqāt 2/166.
6 Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn ibn ʿAwn ibn Ziyād al-Ghaṭafānī, their client, Abū Zakariyyā al-Baghdādī. A reliable
and prominent scholar of ḥadīth. One of the most learned regarding transmitter biographies. He was
born in 158 A.H. Imām Aḥmad described him as one whom Allah created to expose the lies of the
liars. He passed away in Madīnah in 233 A.H. His body was carried upon the bench of Nabī H. His
narrations appear in all six books. See: Tārīkh Baghdād 14/177; Tārīkh Madīnah Dimashq 65/3; Tahdhīb
al-Kamāl 31/543; Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb 11/246.
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