Name: Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Umar ibn Ali ibn Harb ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Hibban ibn Mazin ibn al-'Udhubah

Fame: Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ta'i

Kuniya: Abu Ja'far

Lineage: al-Ta'i, al-Wasiti

Rank: Trustworthy

Lived in: Wasit

Died in: Baghdad

Born Year: 253

Died Year: 340

Abu al-'Abbas ibn al-Furat: Mahmud al-Amr did not consider him in narration

Abu Hatim al-Razi: Trustworthy

Abu Hazim al-Fara: I do not know him except as trustworthy, and I do not know of anyone who spoke against him

Al-Dhahabi: The Musnad