Mansur ibn Zadhan

Mansur b. Zadhan, the imam Abu al-Mughira al-Wasiti, one of the great figures; he narrated from Anas b. Malik, Abu al-Aliya al-Riyahi, al-Hasan, Muhammad, Ata', and others, while Shu'ba, Hushaym, Abu Awana, Khalaf b. Khalifa, and others narrated from him — reliable, a proof, a worshipper of great station. ¹

Hushaym says that if told the angel of death stood at his door, he had nothing more to add of deeds; he prayed from sunrise until the afternoon prayer, then glorified God until sunset, and Shu'ba reports through Hisham b. Hassan that he prayed beside Mansur between maghrib and isha', and Mansur recited through the first rak'a and reached sura al-Nahl in the second. Mansur said "grief and sorrow increase good deeds; insolence and pride increase bad ones", and Abbād b. Abbād attended his funeral and saw the Christians on one side and the Jews on another from the press of the crowd. ²

He died in 131 AH. ²