Imaam Abu Khaithama Zuhayr bin Harb An-Nasaa’ee

From Imaam Al-Albaanee`s verification/checking of Abu Khaithamah`s treatise "Kitaab-ul-`Ilm":¹

He was Abu Khaithama Zuhayr bin Harb bin Shadaad an-Nasaa`ee.2 He was a great Haafidh, reliable in narration and firm in memory.

He narrated hadeeth from many scholars, the likes of Sufyaan bin `Uyainah, Hushaim bin Basheer, Yahyaa bin Sa`eed al-Qattaan, `Abd-ur-Rahmaan bin Mahdee, Wakee` and many others.

Similarly, many scholars narrated from him, such as Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim, the latter of whom reported so many hadeeth on his authority, that they number past a thousand.³

The scholars agree unanimously upon his reliability and trustworthiness (in the field of hadeeth).

Ibn Hibbaan (rahimahullaah) said of him: "He was precise and accurate in memory - from the peers of Ahmad and Yahyaa bin Ma`een."

Al-Khateeb Al-Baghdaadee (rahimahullaah) said in his Taareekh Baghdaad (8/482): "He was reliable, trustworthy, possessed good memory and was precise."

He was born in the year 160H and died in the year 234H, may Allaah have mercy on him.

¹ Translator`s Note: This complete book Kitaab al-`Ilm has been translated into English and will be posted to the Al-Ibaanah.Com E-Book Section

²With a fat-ha on the Noon (An "a" after the "n"). This is an ascription to a city that was near Khuraasaan, called Nasaa. People from there ascribe themselves to it with "Naswee" also.

³ Translator’s Note: This includes his son, Abu Bakr, Ahmad bin Abee Khaithama, may Allaah have mercy on him. He was from Baghdad. He authored the book at-Taareekh al- Kabeer. Ad-Daraqutnee said about him: “He was reliable and trustworthy.” Al-Khateeb Al-Baghdaadee said: “He was a reliable scholar, a precise Haafidh, knowledgeable of the history of people and the narrations of poetry. He studied hadeeth under Ahmad bin Hanbal and Ibn Ma’een. He died in the month of Jumaadal-Oolaa, 289H at the age of 94 years.