ABU YA^LA, Ahmad bin ^Ali
210-307 H
Al-Hafidh Ahmad bin ^Ali bin Al-Muthanna bin Yahya bin ^Isa bin Hilal At-Tamimi was born in Shawwal, 210 H. He authored AI-Musnad AI-Kabir and was considered as the scholar of Hadith (Muhaddith} of Al-Jazira. He was truthful, trustworthy, tolerant and religious. As-Sam^ani said, ‘I heard Isma^il bin Muhammad bin Al-Fadl Al-Hafidh say: ‘I read the Musnad of Al-^Adani, the Musnad of Ibn Mani^ and other Masanid, which are like rivers, but the Musnad of Abu Ya^la is like the sea into which all the rivers flow’.’ Abu Ya^la died in the year 307 H.