Zirr b. Hubaysh, Abu Maryam al-'Asadi

d. 81 AH

Successors

Abu Nu`aym al-'Isfahani, Hilyat al-Awliya', Cairo: Matba`ah al-Sa`adah (4 vols), vol. 4, p. 181

Abu Nu`aym has composed a detailed biographical note on him.

Positive
Ibn Hajar al-`Asqalani, Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, Haydarabad: Da'irat al-Ma`arif al-Nizamiyyah (12 vols), 1325-7 AH, vol. 3, p. 322

Many scholars have been quoted who considered him reliable.

Positive
Ibn Hajar al-`Asqalani, Taqrib al-Tahdhib, Unidentified Edition,

He was reliable, lofty, and one of those who lived through paganism and Islam.

Positive
Al-Dhahabi, Tadhkirat al-Huffaz, Haydarabad: Da'irat al-Ma`arif al-Nizamiyyah, 1333 AH, vol. 1, p. 40

One of the major Successors. al-Dhahabi has said that Abu Maryam was a leading exemplar.

Positive