Name: Isma'il ibn 'Ubayd ibn 'Umar ibn Abi Karima

Fame: Isma'il ibn Abi Karima

Kuniya: Abu Ahmad

Lineage: Harani, Umayyad, Qurashi

Rank: Thiqah (Trustworthy)

Mawla: Mawla of Banu Umayya, Mawla of Uthman ibn Affan

Lived in: Harran, Baghdad

Died in: Sarmin

Abu Bakr al-Ja'abi: He narrates wonders from Muhammad ibn Salama

Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani: Trustworthy, he narrates strange things

Al-Daraqutni: He authenticated him

Al-Dhahabi: Trustworthy

Authors of Tahrir Taqrib al-Tahdhib: Trustworthy, and his saying 'he narrates strange things' was taken by al-Hafiz from Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Tamimi, and he is not among those from whom narrations are accepted