About the life of the narrator


Name: Sufyan ibn Wakee' ibn al-Jarrah ibn Malih ibn 'Adi ibn Fars ibn Jumjuma ibn Sufyan ibn 'Amr ibn al-Harith ibn 'Amr
Fame: Sufyan ibn Wakee' al-Ru'asi
Kuniya: Abu Muhammad
Lineage: al-Ru'asi, al-Kufi
Rank: Acceptable
Lived in: Kufa

عن حياة الراوي


الأسم: سفيان بن وكيع بن الجراح بن مليح بن عدي بن فرس بن جمجمة بن سفيان بن عمرو بن الحارث بن عمرو
الشهرة: سفيان بن وكيع الرؤاسي
الكنيه: أبو محمد
النسب: الرؤاسي, الكوفي
الرتبة: مقبول
عاش في: الكوفة

Scholars Praise/criticism of the Narrator


Abu Ahmad ibn 'Adi al-Jurjani: They criticize him for things he was prompted to say. His only affliction was that he used to accept what was dictated to him. It is said: He had a scribe who used to dictate to him from suspended narrations, which he would then elevate, and from mursal narrations, which he would connect or alter by changing the narrators.
Abu Hatim al-Razi: Lenient
Abu Hatim ibn Hibban al-Busti: A virtuous and trustworthy sheikh, except that he was afflicted by his scribe.
Abu Dawud al-Sijistani: He abandoned narrating from him.
Abu Zur'a al-Razi: He should not be relied upon. He was accused of lying. From the narration of Bakr ibn Muqbil, he said: There are three people who have no favoritism with us, and he mentioned him among them.
Ahmad ibn Hanbal: I know nothing but good about him.
Ahmad ibn Shu'ayb al-Nasa'i: He is not trustworthy. And once: He is nothing. And he once said to Ishaq ibn Ibrahim: Do not narrate from Sufyan ibn Wakee'.
Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani: Trustworthy, but he was afflicted by his scribe, who introduced into his narrations what was not his. He was advised, but he did not accept, so his narrations were dropped. He was himself trustworthy, but he was afflicted by his scribe.
Al-Daraqutni: They were lenient in their criticism of him.
Al-Dhahabi: Weak
Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari: They criticize him for things he was prompted to say.
Authors of Tahrir Taqrib al-Tahdhib: Weak

مدح/انتقاد العلماء للراوي


أبو أحمد بن عدي الجرجاني: يتكلمون فيه لأشياء لقنوه، إنما بلاؤه أنه كان يتلقن ما لقن، ويقال: كان له وراق يلقنه من حديث موقوف يرفعه، وحديث مرسل فيوصله أو يبدل في الإسناد قوما بدل قوم
أبو حاتم الرازي: لين
أبو حاتم بن حبان البستي: شيخ فاضل صدوق إلا أنه ابتلي بوراقه
أبو دواد السجستاني: ترك الحديث عنه
أبو زرعة الرازي: لا يشتغل به، كان يتهم بالكذب، ومن رواية بكر بن مقبل قال: ثلاثة ليست لهم محاباة عندنا فذكره منهم
أحمد بن حنبل: ما أعلم إلا خيرا
أحمد بن شعيب النسائي: ليس بثقة، ومرة: ليس بشيء، وقال مرة لإسحاق بن إبراهيم: لا تحدث عن سفيان بن وكيع
ابن حجر العسقلاني: صدوق ابتلي بوراقه فأدخل عليه ما ليس من حديثه فنصح فلم يقبل فسقط حديثه، وكان صدوقا في نفسه، وابتلي بوراقه
الدارقطني: لين تكلموا فيه
الذهبي: ضعيف
محمد بن إسماعيل البخاري: يتكلمون فيه لأشياء لقنوه
مصنفوا تحرير تقريب التهذيب: ضعيف