Mu'awiya ibn Salih

Mu'awiya ibn Salih ibn Mu'awiya ibn Yasar al-Ash'ari, Abu 'Ubaydallah of Damascus, was among the hadith memorisers of Syria who travelled in pursuit of reports. His grandfather Mu'awiya ibn 'Ubaydallah was the vizier of al-Mahdi famed for long prayer and daily alms. Mu'awiya ibn Salih died in Damascus in 263 AH, past seventy years of age. ¹

He learnt from Abu Mushir al-Ghassani, Khalid ibn Mukhallad, Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Muqri', 'Ubaydallah ibn Musa, Abu al-Walid al-Tayalisi and others; al-Nasa'i, Abu Hatim, Abu Zur'a al-Dimashqi and Abu 'Awana narrated from him, and al-Nasa'i said "there is no harm in him". ¹