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That is why Abū Khaythamah 1 discarded him and said:

أتيته،‏ فإذا هو يحمل على علي فلم أعد إليه

I came to him and he was reviling ʿAlī I and so I did not return to him. 2

1 Zuhayr ibn Ḥarb ibn Shaddād al-Ḥarashī, their client, Abū Khaythamah al-Baghdādī. A retainer

of ḥadīth and an authority. He was born in 160 A.H. He settled in Baghdād after having travelled

extensively for knowledge. He authored books and done so with brilliance. Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn has said

regarding him, “Abū Khaythamah will suffice an entire tribe.” He passed away in the Khilāfah of

al-Mutawakkil in 234 A.H. Besides al-Tirmidhī all others have narrated his narrations. See: Tārīkh

Baghdād 8/482, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ 11/489; Tahdhīb al-Kamāl 9/402; Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb 3/296.

2 Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb 2/337.

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