Sharik ibn Abd Allah

Sharik ibn Abdallah ibn Abi Sharik, whose full lineage is al-Harith ibn Aws ibn al-Hawth ibn Dhuhl ibn Wuhayb ibn Sa'd ibn Malik ibn al-Nakha', was Abu Abdallah al-Nakha'i al-Mudhhaji al-Kufi, the judge (95 to about 194 AH). He was born in Bukhara in the land of Khurasan, and his grandfather had taken part in the battle of al-Qadisiyya. He lived to see Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, and heard from Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i, Mansur ibn al-Mu'tamir, Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr, Simak ibn Harb, Salama ibn Kuhayl, Habib ibn Abi Thabit, Asim al-Ahwal, al-A'mash, Isma'il ibn Abi Khalid and others. ¹

Abdallah ibn al-Mubarak, Abbad ibn al-Awwam, Waki' ibn al-Jarrah, Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi, Ishaq al-Azraq, Yazid ibn Harun, Abu Nu'aym, Ali ibn al-Ja'd, Khalaf ibn Hisham, Muhammad ibn Sulayman Lawin and others transmitted from him. He came to Baghdad several times and related hadith there. ¹

Ibn al-Mubarak said to him: "Is the knowledge of Sharik not enough for you?" Abu Hatim said: Sharik ibn Abdallah al-Nakha'i, the judge, was a Kufan and trustworthy. ¹