Fath al-Rabbani

Benefits: … Imam Aswad bin Yazid bin Qais bin Abdullah bin Malik bin Alqamah Nakha’i Kufi was a well-known Tabi’i and jurist. His kunya was Abu Amr and Abu Abdur Rahman. He was the brother of Abdur Rahman bin Yazid, the nephew of Alqamah bin Qais, and the maternal uncle of Ibrahim bin Yazid Nakha’i. He had the honor of seeing Sayyiduna Abu Bakr radi Allahu anhu and Sayyiduna Umar radi Allahu anhu, and he narrated hadith from Sayyiduna Ali, Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud, Sayyiduna Mu’adh, Sayyiduna Abu Musa, and Umm al-Mu’minin Sayyidah A’ishah Siddiqa. He performed more than eighty Hajj and Umrah in separate journeys. Al-‘Ijli says that he witnessed the pre-Islamic era and embraced Islam during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, but was not able to meet him. He passed away in the year (74 or 75) Hijri. He was a righteous and noble elder.

Imam Ibrahim bin Yazid bin Qais bin Aswad bin Amr bin Rabi’ah bin Zahl bin Sa’d bin Malik bin Nakha’, he was from Kufa and became famous by the nisbah Nakha’i, attributed to his ancestor Nakha’. He was a jurist of Kufa, his kunya was Abu Imran, and he was a distinguished Tabi’i. He used to attend the service of Umm al-Mu’minin Sayyidah A’ishah Siddiqa radi Allahu anha, but it is not established that he heard hadith directly from her. He passed away at the age of fifty-eight in the year (96) Hijri.