Hushaim ibn Bashir

Hushaym ibn Bashir ibn Abi Hazim ibn Dinar, the great hafiz (memoriser of hadith) and hadith scholar of his age, Abu Mu'awiya al-Wasiti, a resident of Baghdad. He heard from al-Zuhri, Amr ibn Dinar, Mansur ibn Zadhan, Husayn ibn Abd al-Rahman, Abu Ishaq, Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani and very many others. He devoted himself to this discipline and surpassed his peers. Shu'ba, Yahya al-Qattan, Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Qutayba, Ibn Abi Uways, Ya'qub al-Dawraqi, al-Hasan ibn Arafa and a great number of others narrated from him. He was born in 104 AH ².

Amr ibn Ali said that Hushaym was among those who heard from al-Zuhri, Abu al-Zubayr and Amr at Mecca during the pilgrimage season. Ya'qub al-Dawraqi said: "He had eleven thousand hadiths." Wahb ibn Jarir relates that they asked Shu'ba: "Shall we write from Hushaym?" He said: "Yes, and if he narrates to you from Ibn Umar, believe him." Ahmad ibn Hanbal said: "I kept company with Hushaym for four years, and I asked him nothing except twice, out of awe for him. He used to glorify God a great deal between hadiths, saying 'There is no god but God' and counting it with his voice." Ibn al-Mahdi said: "Hushaym had a better memory for hadith than al-Thawri" ³.

Al-Khatib reports that his name was Hushaym ibn Bashir ibn Abi Khazim, and that Abu Khazim's name was al-Qasim ibn Dinar. He was Abu Mu'awiya al-Sulami al-Wasiti, and it is said he was originally from Bukhara. Al-Khatib also says he heard from al-Ash'ath ibn Abd al-Malik, Mughira ibn Miqsam, Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr, Isma'il ibn Abi Khalid and al-A'mash. Those who narrated from him included Malik ibn Anas, Sufyan al-Thawri, Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak, Ghundar, Waki', Yazid ibn Harun, Aswad ibn Amir, Muhammad ibn Isa ibn al-Tabba', Sa'id ibn Sulayman, Yahya ibn Ma'in, Ali ibn al-Madini, Abu Khaythama (may God be pleased with him), Abu al-Rabi' al-Zahrani, Abu Ubayd al-Qasim ibn Sallam, Shuja' ibn Makhlad, Ziyad ibn Ayyub and Ibrahim ibn Mahshar. He moved from Wasit long ago and settled in Baghdad ¹.