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Abu al-Bakhtari, whose name was Said ibn Fayruz al-Ta'i, was a trustworthy Tabi'i scholar from Kufa who lived approximately until 83 AH. He was a freed slave of the Banu Asad and narrated from major companions of the Prophet ﷺ including Ali ibn Abi Talib, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Umar, Abu Hurairah, and others, may Allah be pleased with them all. He was known for his piety and his reliability as a narrator of hadith. Scholars of hadith criticism — including Yahya ibn Maʿin, al-Nasa'i, and Ibn Hibban — classified him as thiqah (trustworthy). His teacher Ibn Abbas said of him that he was among those most devoted to learning. He narrated hadiths on a range of topics including acts of worship, supplications, and matters of Islamic law, and his narrations appear in Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and other major collections. He was killed at the Battle of al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf's siege of Mecca in 83 AH alongside his teacher Said ibn Jubayr, who was martyred for refusing to renounce his principles before the tyrant al-Hajjaj.