(2) But he might be Iss~haq bin Ibraheem ad-Dubri...

(2) But he might be Iss~haq bin Ibraheem ad-Dubri, the companion of Abdur Razaq about whom ath-Thahabi said: "He was not a man of traditions ..." until he said: "but Abdur Razaq narrated from him denied traditions. Then they were treated with hesitation; were they narrated by him alone or they were known traditions narrated by Abdur Razaq alone?" (3) But the author of Sheikhul Abtah said when talking about this tradition that he was Iss~haq bin Ibraheem bin Rahwayh.

(4) Ath-Thahabi said about this one: "Abu Obeid al-Aajuri said: I heard Abu Dawood saying: Iss~haq bin Rahwayh became different (dotard) five months before his death. I heard from him some traditions at those days but I brushed them aside" until he said: "A tradition was mentioned to our sheikh Abul Hajjaj. He said: It was said that Iss~haq doted at the last days of his life." Then he ____________ 1 A city in Syria. 2 Mizanul I'tidal, vol.1 p.84-86. 3 Ibid p.85. 4 Ibid vol.? p.70.

mentioned, as he thought, some of Iss~haq's denied traditions. (1) We thought that he was the companion of Abdur Razaq because he related the traditions to Abdur Razaq. Then who was this Abdur Razaq? Was he Abdur Razaq bin Omar ath-Thaqafi, about whom it was said that he was weak, unreliable and his traditions were denied and about whom ad-Darqutni said that he was weak and his book was lost and Abu Mussahhar said from az-Zuhri that his book was lost?

(2) But he might be that one, about whom ath-Thahabi had said in his traditions from Iss~haq bin Ibraheem, which we mentioned above: "... but he narrated from Abdur Razaq denied traditions ... etc." He had narrated from Ma'mar bin Rashid ten thousand traditions! (3) Then we found among the narrators the name of Ma'mar. He was not but a liar, unknown and a narrator of denied traditions. (4) We thought that this Ma'mar was Ma'mar bin Rashid. (5) Ath-Thahabi said about him: "He had famous illusions.

Abu Hatim said. He didn't narrate traditions in Basra because he had many mistakes." (6) Abdur Razaq, who was one of the series of narrators of this tradition, said that he had written down from Ma'mar ten thousand traditions. (7) Did you see the great number of traditions?! And did ____________ 1 Mizanul I'tidal, vol.1 p.86. 2 Ibid vol.2 p.126. 3 Mizanul I'tidal, vol.3 p.188. This Abdur Razaq defamed Othman as it was mentioned in al-Ghadeer, vol.5 p.252. 4 Mizanul I'tidal, vol.3 p.188.

5 Sheikhul Abtah p.70. 6 Mizanul I'tidal, vol.3 p.188.