About the life of the narrator


Name: Umar ibn Ali ibn 'Ata ibn Muqaddam
Fame: Umar ibn Ali al-Muqaddami
Kuniya: Abu Hafs, Abu Ja'far
Lineage: al-Basri, al-Muqaddami, al-Wasiti
Rank: Trustworthy, but he frequently concealed the identity of his narrators.
Mawla: Mawla of Thaqif
Lived in: Wasit, Basra
Died Year: 190

عن حياة الراوي


الأسم: عمر بن علي بن عطاء بن مقدم
الشهرة: عمر بن علي المقدمي
الكنيه: أبو حفص, أبو جعفر
النسب: البصري, المقدمي, الواسطي
الرتبة: ثقة وكان يدلس كثيرا
مولي: مولى ثقيف
عاش في: واسط, البصرة
توفي عام: 190

Scholars Praise/criticism of the Narrator


Abu Ahmad ibn 'Adi al-Jurjani: He has good hadiths and I hope there is nothing wrong with him.
Abu Hatim al-Razi: His place is among the truthful, and were it not for his concealing the names of some narrators, we would have considered him authoritative when he reports something extra.
Abu Dawud al-Sijistani: No one has troubled me as much as 'Umar has with his concealing of narrators' names.
Ahmad ibn Hanbal: He praised him well and said: 'He used to conceal names of narrators.' And once: 'Trustworthy.'
Ahmad ibn Salih al-Jili: He deemed him trustworthy.
Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani: Trustworthy, but he heavily concealed the names of his narrators. And once: 'I did not see in Sahih (al-Bukhari) except what he was corroborated on, and what the others considered authoritative.'
al-Daraqutni: One of the high-ranking, trustworthy narrators.
al-Dhahabi: A righteous, trustworthy man. He concealed the names of some narrators.
Zakariya ibn Yahya al-Saji: Truthful, trustworthy, he used to conceal the names of some narrators.
Urfan ibn Muslim al-Saffar: A righteous man, and they did not criticize him for anything other than concealing the names of some narrators. As for anything else, no.
Umar ibn Shabbah al-Numayri: He concealed the names of some narrators, but despite that he is among the most noble of people.
Amru ibn Ali al-Fallas: He is not to be rejected as a narrator of hadith.
Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari: I do not know him to have concealed the names of narrators.
Muhammad ibn Sa'd, the scribe of al-Waqidi: Trustworthy, heavily concealed the names of his narrators.
Yahya ibn Ma'in: I did not write anything from him. His origin is from Wasit, he settled in Basra. He used to conceal the names of narrators, but there was nothing wrong with him.

مدح/انتقاد العلماء للراوي


أبو أحمد بن عدي الجرجاني: له أحاديث حسان وأرجو أنه لا بأس به
أبو حاتم الرازي: محله الصدق، ولولا تدليسه لحكمنا له إذا جاء بزيادة
أبو دواد السجستاني: ما أعياني أحد في التدليس ما أعياني عمر
أحمد بن حنبل: أثنى عليه خيرا وقال: كان يدلس، ومرة: ثقة
أحمد بن صالح الجيلي: وثقه
ابن حجر العسقلاني: ثقة وكان يدلس شديدا، ومرة: ولم أر له في الصحيح إلا ما توبع عليه واحتج به الباقون
الدارقطني: من الرفعاء الثقات
الذهبي: رجل صالح موثق، يدلس
زكريا بن يحيى الساجي: صدوق ثقة، كان يدلس
عفان بن مسلم الصفار: رجل صالح، ولم يكونوا ينقمون عليه غير التدليس، وأما غير ذلك فلا
عمر بن شبة النميري: مدلس، ومع تدليسه أنبل الناس
عمرو بن علي الفلاس: ليس بمتروك الحديث
محمد بن إسماعيل البخاري: لا أعرفه يدلس
محمد بن سعد كاتب الواقدي: ثقة، شديد التدليس
يحيى بن معين: لم أكتب عنه شيئا، وأصله واسطي نزل البصرة، وكان يدلس، وما كان به بأس