Salim Abu An-Nadr

Abu Uthman al-Nahdi, whose name was Abd al-Rahman ibn Mall, was a senior Tabi'i scholar from Basra who reportedly lived to approximately 130 years of age — one of the oldest narrators in the hadith literature. He was born before the Hijra and was alive during the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ but did not personally meet him. He narrated from a remarkable number of companions including Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, Umar ibn al-Khattab, Uthman ibn Affan, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, Salman al-Farsi, and many others. He was considered one of the most prolific and reliable Tabi'i narrators of his era. Hadith scholars praised him in the highest terms: Yahya ibn Maʿin called him thiqah, and Ahmad ibn Hanbal regarded him as a leading figure. He was from the Nahd tribe of Yemen and settled in Basra, where he became the foremost religious authority of the city in his generation. His narrations appear extensively in Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and all four Sunan collections, covering prayer, purification, Quranic recitation, and many aspects of Islamic practice. He died around 95–100 AH.