Sayyiduna Abu al-Tufayl (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I lived through eight years of the blessed life of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and I was born in the year of the Battle of Uhud."
Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him) said that his father, Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him), said: "Thabit bin al-Walid came to us from Kufah and stayed in the city of Abu Ja'far, so Yahya bin Ma'in (may Allah have mercy on him) and I went to him, and we heard some hadiths from him."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب العين / 4290
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه الحاكم فى «المستدرك» برقم: 6655، 6656، وأحمد فى «مسنده» برقم: 24322»