Iyas ibn Khalifa إياس بن خليفة

Name: Iyas ibn Khalifa

Fame: Iyas ibn Khalifa al-Bakri

Lineage: al-Bakri, al-Hijazi

Rank: Weak in Hadith

Lived in: Hijaz

Abu Ja'far al-'Uqayli: Unknown in narration, and there is error in his hadith

Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani: Truthful

Al-Dhahabi: Hardly known

Muhammad ibn Sa'd Kathaab al-Waqidi: Narrated few hadiths

Authors of Tahrir Taqrib al-Tahdhib: Unknown, only narrated by Ibn Hibban, and he is known for his leniency in authenticating unknown narrators