Wa ʿalaykum as-salām wa raḥmatullāh,
The narrator you are asking about is
Abu Khalid al-Dalāni (Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Asadī al-Kūfī, d. 150H), from the 7th generation of narrators (followers of the tābiʿīn).
The hadith critics had mixed views about him:
- Ibn Ḥajar: “Ṣadūq, but he made many mistakes and practiced tadlīs.” (Taqrīb al-Tahdhīb 1/1139)
- Al-Dhahabī: Quotes Abū Ḥātim as saying “trustworthy,” while Ibn ʿAdī noted “his hadith has some weakness.” (al-Kāshif 5/38)
- Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī: “Ṣadūq, trustworthy.” (Tahdhīb al-Kamāl 33/273)
- Imām Aḥmad: “Lā ba’sa bihi (no harm in him).” (Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb 4/515)
- Ibn Maʿīn and al-Nasāʾī: “Laysa bihi ba’s (no problem with him).”
- Al-Ḥākim: “The early imams testified to his truthfulness and accuracy.”
- Ibn ʿAdī: “He has acceptable narrations, though with some weakness; his hadith is written.”
- Ibn Saʿd: “Munkar al-ḥadīth.”
- Ibn Ḥibbān: Listed him among the weak; “he made many errors, had poor memory, and contradicted the trustworthy narrators.”
- Al-Bukhārī and Aḥmad both denied that he directly heard from Qatādah.
Source:
أبو خالد - المكتبة الشاملة
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In summary:
Khalid al-Dalāni is considered
truthful, but with many mistakes and tadlīs. Some scholars accepted him (Abū Ḥātim, Ibn Maʿīn, al-Nasāʾī), while others (Ibn Saʿd, Ibn Ḥibbān) were stricter and called him weak. His narrations can sometimes be used at the
ḥasan level when supported, but when he narrates alone — especially from Qatādah — the hadith is often viewed as unreliable.
If you have a
specific hadith in mind that comes through Abu Khalid al-Dalāni, please share the reference. That way, it will be easier to assess the exact grading of that narration, since the status of his reports often depends on the context, chain, and supporting narrations.
Allāh knows best.
