Name and Lineage:
He is `Abdullaah bin az-Zubair bin Eesa bin `Ubaidullaah bin Usaamah, Abu Bakr al-Qurashee al-Asdee al- Humaidee al-Makkee, the Shaykh of the Haram, and the author of, al-Musnad .
His Teachers:
He narrated from Fudhail Ibn `Iyyaadh and Sufyaan Ibn `Uyainah, and he was often found around him, and Wakee`, ash-Shaafi`ee, and others.
His Students:
Al-Bukhari narrated from him in the first Hadeeth in his Saheeh , as well as ath-Thuhlee, Abu Haatim ar-Raazi, Abu Zur`ah ar-Raazi, Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Idrees al-Makkee, and others.
The Scholars Praise for him:
Imaam Ahmad bin Hanbal said, "Al-Humaidee, to us, is an Imaam".
Abu Haatim said, "The people have established that al-Humaidee is with Ibn `Uyainah, and he is the head of the students Ibn `Uyainah, and he is a Thiqah (3) and an Imaam."
Ya`qoob al-Fasoowi said, "Al-Humaidee informed us – and I have never seen anyone more sincere to Islaam and its people than him."
Al-Haakim said, "Al-Bukhari used to, when he would find a Hadeeth with al-Humaidee, he would not give it up for someone else."
Muhammad bin Sahl al-Qahstaani said, "ar-Rabee` bin Sulaimaan informed us saying, 'I heard ash-Shaafi`ee say, '… He recorded from Sufyaan bin `Uyainah 10,000 Ahadeeth.'" (Siyaru A`laam an-Nubalaa', 10/618; Tabaqaat ash-Shaafi`iyyah, by as-Subki, 2/140)
Muhammad Ibn Is-haaq al-Maroozi said, "I heard Is-haaq bin Raahwiyah say, 'The Imaams in our times [are]: Ash-Shaafi`ee, al-Humaidee, and Abu `Ubaid.'" ( Siyaru A`laam an-Nubalaa', 10/619; Tabaqaat ash-Shaafi`iyyah, 2/140)
`Ali bin Khalaf said, "I heard al-Humaidee say, 'As long as I am in the Hijaaz, and Ahmad bin Hanbal is in `Iraq, and Is-haaq [bin Raahwiyah] is in Khurasaan, no one will bother us.'" ( Siyaru A`laam an-Nubalaa', 10/619; Tabaqaat ash-Shaafi`iyyah, 2/140)
Abu Muhammad al-Karmaani, and al-Laalikaa'i, and Ibn Taimiyyah and others ascribed Imamate in the Sunnah to him.
Some of his authorships:
1. al-Musnad
2. ar-Radd `Alaa an-Nu`maan
3. at-Tafseer
4. ad-Dalaa'il
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