Name: Yusuf ibn Yahya

Fame: Abu Ya'qub al-Buwayti

Kuniya: Abu Ya'qub

Lineage: al-Buwayti, Qurayshi, Egyptian

Occupation: Jurist

Rank: Trustworthy jurist from the people of the Sunnah

Mawla: Mawla of Quraysh

Lived in: Buwayt, Baghdad, Egypt

Died in: Baghdad

Died Year: 231

Abu Hatim al-Razi: Truthful

Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani: Trustworthy jurist from the people of the Sunnah

Ibn 'Abd al-Barr al-Andalusi: He was one of the people of religion, knowledge, understanding and trustworthiness, a staunch follower of the Sunnah

Al-Dhahabi: Trustworthy Imam, worshipper, tested in the Sunnah

Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i: There is no one among my companions more knowledgeable than him