Quoting Ahmad bin Hanbal...
Quoting Ahmad bin Hanbal, 'Aqili says: when one of his traditions was narrated to Ibn Illiyya, he did not pay attention to it and said that he was weak. Ibn Hajar, commenting on their words, says that they made such remarks, because Khalid had lost his memory towards the end of his life or because he had chosen to be an agent of the ruler of his time. [^6] Abu Qalaba Another reporter of this chain is Abu Qalaba Abdullah bin Zaid Jarmi.
He had hostility towards Ali (a.s) and was impolite towards him.
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