Hadith No: 1
The narration (with a sound chain of transmission)
Al-Baladhuri - Ansab al-Ashraf - Statement on the Noble Prophet's Biography - The Event of the Saqifah
Volume: (1) - Page Number: (586)
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1184 - From al-Mada'ini, from Muslimah ibn Muharrib, from Sulaiman al-Taimi, and Ibn Aun: that Abu Bakr sent to Ali wanting the pledge of allegiance, but he did not give it. Then Umar came with a torch, and Fatimah intercepted him at the door and said, Fatimah said: O son of Khattab, do you think you can burn my father? He replied: Yes, and that was in response to what your father had come for....

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Reference: Ansab al Ashraf Book 1

Hadith No: 2
Al-Dhahabi - Tadhkirat al-Huffaz = Tabaqat al-Huffaz by al-Dhahabi - Volume Twelve
Part: (3) - Page Number: (72/73)
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860 - 12/12 - al-Bladhari, the imam, hafiz, and distinguished preacher, Abu Muhammad Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Tusi al-Bladhari al-Wa'idh. Abu Abd Allah al-Hakam said: "He was a unique figure of his time in memorization and preaching. Our teacher Abu Ali al-Hafiz and our other teachers used to attend his preaching sessions, rejoicing in the topics he mentioned and the chains of narration he provided in front of large audiences. I never saw them cast any suspicion on him regarding any chain, name, or hadith." He heard narrations from Muhammad ibn Ayyub al-Bajjali, Tamim ibn Muhammad al-Hafiz, Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Shirwayh, and their contemporaries in Khurasan and Iraq, and he produced authentic narrations in accordance with the structure of Sahih Muslim....

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Reference: Tazkeratul Huffaz Book 3

Hadith No: 3
Al-Dhahabi - Siyar A'lam al-Nubalā' - Volume 15 - 96
Al-Baladhuri Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Jabir
Part: (13) - Page Number: (162)
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96 - Al-Baladhuri Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Jabir: the distinguished scholar, eloquent writer, and author, Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Jabir al-Baghdadi al-Baladhuri, the scribe and author of (The Great History).

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Reference: Seyar A'laam al-Nobalaa Book 13

Hadith No: 4
Ibn Kathir - Al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya
Then the year 279 AH entered, and in it, the historian al-Baladhuri, one of the notable figures, passed away.
Volume: (11) - Page Number: (65)
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- .... Ibn Asakir said: "He was an eloquent scholar," and he produced fine works.

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Reference: Al-Bidaayah wa al-Nihaayah Book 11

Hadith No: 5
Al-Dhahabi - Mizan al-I'tidal fi Naqd al-Rijal - Letter 'Ayn
5921 - Ali ibn Muhammad Abu al-Hasan al-Mada'ini al-Ikhbari
Volume: (3) - Page Number: (153)
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5921 - Ali ibn Muhammad Abu al-Hasan al-Mada'ini al-Ikhbari, the author of numerous works... He narrated from Ja'far ibn Hilal, from Asim al-Ahwal, from Abu Othman, from Abu Usamah, who said: The Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) used to carry me and Hasan ibn Ali and say: "O Allah, I love them, so love them." I was told that he was narrated from by al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar, Ahmad ibn Zuhair, and al-Harith ibn Abu Usamah. Ahmad ibn Abi Khaythamah said: My father, Ibn Ma'in, and Mus'ab al-Zubayri used to sit at the door of Mus'ab, and a man passed by on a sleek donkey, dressed well, who greeted them, giving his special greeting to Yahya. He said to him: O Abu al-Hasan, where are you going? He replied: To the house of this generous man, who fills my lap with dinars and dirhams: Ishaq al-Mawsili. And when he turned to leave, Yahya said: "Trustworthy, trustworthy, trustworthy." I asked my father who this was, and he replied: "This is the Mada'ini."

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Reference: Meezaan al Aietedal fi Naqd al Rijal Book 3

Hadith No: 6
Al-Dhahabi - Siyar A'lam al-Nubala' - Volume 11 - al-Mada'ini
Volume: (8) - Page Number: (446/447)
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1650 - al-Mada'ini: The notable, حافظ (guardian of knowledge), truthful Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Sayf al-Mada'ini al-akhbari, who settled in Baghdad, composed numerous works, and was a wonder in his knowledge of histories, military expeditions (siyar), lineages (ansab), and the days of the Arabs, trustworthy in what he transmitted, particularly in accounts with high chains of narration.
- .... He heard from Qurt ibn Khalid, who was his oldest teacher, as well as from Shu'ba, Juwayriyah ibn Asma', 'Awānah ibn al-Hakam, Ibn Abi Dhī'b, Mubarak ibn Fudalah, Hammad ibn Salamah, Salam ibn Maskin, and their contemporaries. He grew up in Basra and narrated from him: Khalifah ibn Khayyat, al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar, al-Harith ibn Abi Usamah, Ahmad ibn Abi Khaithumah, al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn al-Mutawakkil, and others.
- .... Ahmad ibn Abi Khaithumah said: My father, Mus'ab al-Zubayri, and Yahya ibn Ma'in used to sit in the evenings at the door of Mus'ab. One night, a man passed by on a splendid donkey and in fine attire, greeted them, and specifically approached Yahya ibn Ma'in with a question. Yahya replied, "O Abu al-Hasan, where are you going?" The man said, "To this noble one who will fill my sleeve with dinars and dirhams, Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Mawsili." When he turned to leave, Yahya said, "Trustworthy, trustworthy, trustworthy." I asked my father, "Who is this?" He replied, "This is al-Mada'ini."

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Reference: Seyar A'laam al-Nobalaa Book 8

Hadith No: 7
Al-Dhahabi - Tarikh al-Islam wa Wafat al-Mashayikh wal-A'lam
Volume 23, 221 :: 230 AH - Men of this Class in the Biographical Dictionary - Letter 'Ayn
Part: (5) - Page Number: (638)
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291 - Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Sayf, Abu al-Hasan al-Mada'ini al-Ikhbari, and he is the author of well-known works. He was knowledgeable in maghazi (campaigns), sirah (biographies), nasab (lineages), and the days of the Arabs. He was truthful in what he transmitted.
- .... He heard from: Qurrah ibn Khalid, Shu'bah, Awjanah ibn al-Hakam, Juwayriyah ibn Asma', Ibn Abi Dhiyab, Salamah ibn Maskin, Mubarak ibn Fadalah, Hammad ibn Salamah, and a group of others. Among his students were: Khalifah ibn Khayyat al-Misri, al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar, Ahmad ibn Abi Khaythamah, al-Harith ibn Abi Usamah, al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn al-Mutawakkil, and others.
- .... Ahmad ibn Abi Khaythamah said: My father, Mus'ab al-Zubayri, and Yahya ibn Ma'in used to sit in the evenings at the door of Mus'ab. One night, a man passed by on a splendid donkey and in fine attire. He greeted them and directed his questions specifically to Yahya ibn Ma'in. Yahya replied, "O Abu al-Hasan, where are you going?" He said, "To the house of that generous man, Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Mawsili, who will fill my sleeve with dinars and dirhams." When he turned to leave, Yahya ibn Ma'in said, "Trustworthy, trustworthy, trustworthy." I then asked my father who this was, and he replied, "al-Mada'ini."
- .... Muhammad ibn Harb mentioned al-Mada'ini and said: He informed me of the lineage of al-Harith .... He was knowledgeable in conquests, maghazi, poetry, and the days of people, and he was truthful in that.

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Reference: Taarikh al islaam wa wafyaat al mushaheer wal a'alaam Book 5

Hadith No: 8
Muslimah ibn Muharib
Al-Bukhari - Al-Tarikh al-Kabir - Chapter on the letter Meem - 1685: Muslimah ibn Muharib al-Ziyadi
Volume: (7) - Page Number: (387)

1685 - Muslimah ibn Muharib al-Ziyadi narrated from his father that Muawiya wrote to Ziyad, "I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) say that the non-Arabs or the enemy will not support me against my people."

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Reference: Tarikh al Kabeer Book 7

Hadith No: 9
(Al-Bukhari mentioned him in his History of the Great and according to the rule below, he is trustworthy, and I have researched him in the books of men and in the books of criticism and verification, but I did not find any disparagement against him.)
Al-Bukhari - The Minor Weak Narrators - Introductions - Introduction
Volume: (1) - Page Number: (5/6)
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- .... So I say: Some have gone to the view that the silence of al-Bukhari and Ibn Abi Hatim regarding a narrator is considered a form of validation. Sheikh Dhafar Ahmad al-Tahanawi said in his book, (Principles in the Sciences of Hadith): "Everyone whom al-Bukhari mentioned in his (Chronicles) and did not criticize is trustworthy, for it is his habit to mention criticism and those who are criticized."

He also stated that the silence of Ibn Abi Hatim or al-Bukhari on a criticism of a narrator is a validation of him, and many contemporaries have followed this view. Sheikh Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah compiled most of their opinions in a paper published in the Journal of the Faculty of Usul ad-Din at Imam Muhammad bin Saud University in Riyadh, titled: "The Silence of Scholars on Narrators Who Have Not Been Criticized and Do Not Present an Inacceptable Text is Considered a Validation of Them."
He then concluded the paper with the statement: "If all this is understood, the validity of what he affirmed becomes clear, namely that the likes of al-Bukhari, or Abu Zur'ah, or Abu Hatim, or his son, or Ibn Yunus al-Misri al-Sudfi, or Ibn Hibban, or Ibn Adi, or al-Hakim al-Kabir Abu Ahmad, or Ibn al-Najjar al-Baghdadi, or others who have spoken or compiled works on men, if they remain silent about a narrator who has not been criticized and does not present an inacceptable text, their silence is regarded as a form of validation and approval, not as a form of disparagement or ignorance, and his narration would be considered authentic or good, or not less than good, provided it is free from subtle faults."
My personal comment: I would then say: Muslim ibn Muharib al-Ziyadi, was narrated from by al-Bukhari in his History of the Great, and according to this rule, it constitutes a validation of him.

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Reference: al-Doafaa al-Sagheer Book 1

Hadith No: 10
Sulaiman ibn Tarkhan
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani - Tahdhib al-Tahdhib - Supplement to the Letter Seen - Those Whose Name is Sulaiman
Volume: (4) - Page Number: (201/202)
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341 - Sulaiman ibn Tarkhan al-Taymi, Abu al-Mu'tamir al-Basri, was not from Banu Taym, but rather settled among them.
- .... He narrated from Anas ibn Malik, Tawus, Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i, Abu Othman al-Nahdi, Abu Nadrah al-Abdi, Abu Othman (not al-Nahdi), Nu'aim ibn Abi Hind, Abu al-Sulail Dhurayb ibn Naqir, Abu al-Munhal Siyar ibn Salamah, al-Hasan al-Basri, Thabit al-Bunani, Abu Mujlaz, Abu Bakr ibn Abi Anas ibn Malik, Bakr ibn Abdullah al-Muzani, Khalid al-Ashajj, Ruqbah ibn Muqla, al-Sumit al-Sudusi, Ma'bad ibn Hilal, Ghunaym ibn Qays, Qatadah, Abd al-Rahman ibn Adam, the steward of the water dispenser, Yazid ibn Abdullah ibn al-Shakhir, Yahya ibn Ma'mar, al-A'mash (and he was one of his contemporaries), and others.
- .... And among his students were his son Mu'tamir, Shubah, the two Sufyans, Ziyadah, Zuhayr, Hamad ibn Salamah, Ibn Aliyyah, Ibn Mubarak, Abd al-Warith ibn Sa'id, Ibrahim ibn Sa'd, Jarir, Hafs ibn Ghayath, Sulaym ibn Akhdar, Abu Zubaid Abthar ibn al-Qasim, Isa ibn Yunus, Ibn Abi 'Adiyy, Mu'adh ibn Mu'adh, Hisham, al-Qattan, Yazid ibn Harun, Yusuf ibn Ya'qub al-Dhab'i, Marwan ibn Mu'awiyah, Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Ansari, Abu Asim al-Nabil, and others.
- .... Al-Rabi' ibn Yahya said, narrating from Sa'id: "I have not seen anyone more truthful than Sulaiman al-Taymi."
- .... Abu Bahr al-Bakrawi reported from Shubah: "Both Shu'ayb ibn 'Uyun and Sulaiman al-Taymi had certainty."
- .... Abdullah ibn Ahmad said, narrating from his father: "He is trustworthy."
- .... Ibn Ma'in and al-Nasa'i said: "He is trustworthy."
- .... Al-'Ijli stated: "A trustworthy تابعی (tabi'i) and one of the best of the people of Basra."
- .... Ibn Sa'd said: "He was trustworthy, spoke much, and was one of the devout worshippers who strove hard. He would pray the entire night with the ablution of the last evening prayer," and he had a tendency towards Ali ibn Abi Talib.
- .... Al-Thawri said: "There are three guardians of hadith in Basra," and he mentioned him among them, as did Ibn Aliyyah.
- .... Ibn Madini said from Yahya: "I have never sat with anyone more fearful of Allah than him."
- .... Muhammad ibn Ali al-Warraq said from Ahmad ibn Hanbal: "Yahya ibn Sa'id used to speak highly of the Taymi," and he had fourteen hadiths from Anas.
- .... Ibn Abi Hatim said he was asked, "Which do you prefer, Sulaiman in Abu Othman or Asim?" He replied, "Sulaiman."
- .... Ibn Hibban said in al-Thiqat: "He was one of the worshippers and righteous of the people of Basra, trustworthy, meticulous, knowledgeable, and following the Sunnah."

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Reference: Tazheeb al Tahzeeb Book 4