أبو سليمان الداراني

أبو سليمان الداراني

Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn Atiyya al-Ansi, Abu Sulayman al-Darani, one of the best-known ascetics. He transmitted from Sufyan al-Thawri, Abu al-Ashhab al-Utaridi, Abd al-Wahid ibn Zayd al-Basri and Alqama ibn Suwayd, among others. His pupil Ahmad ibn Abi al-Hawari, Hisham ibn Khalid and Humayd ibn Hisham al-Ansi transmitted from him. The book gives two dates for his death: 215 AH, reported by Sa'id ibn Hamdun, al-Sulami and Abu Ya'qub al-Qurrab, and 205 AH, reported by his pupil Ahmad ibn Abi al-Hawari. ¹