Thabit Al-Bunani

Thabit ibn Aslam al-Bunani al-Basri was a distinguished Tabi'i scholar of Basra who devoted his life to worship, hadith transmission, and closeness to Allah. He was born around 46 AH and died around 127 AH, living approximately 80 years of which he spent decades in intense devotion. He is particularly famous for his extraordinarily long prayers — it was reported that he stood in prayer so much that his feet became swollen — and for his weeping and humility before Allah. He was the primary student and most prolific transmitter of the companion Anas ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him. Anas would request that Thabit be present when narrating hadiths, saying that Thabit had his trust. Through this close relationship, Thabit became the most important single channel for Anas's vast treasury of narrations about the Prophet's ﷺ daily life, manners, and worship. Imam Ahmad and other major hadith scholars praised him without reservation as one of the most reliable narrators of his generation. His narrations are abundant in all six major hadith collections and in every classical hadith reference work. He is counted among the great ascetics and worshippers of the Tabi'i generation.