Sufyan ibn Waki
أبو محمد سفيان بن وكيع بن الجراح
Fourth generation, died 247 AH in Kufa. Named in the chains of 85 narrations of the library, 52 in Tirmidhi, 15 in Ibn Majah, 8 in Ahmad.
85narrations name him
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247 AHhe died, in Kufa
Narrations he is named in
Ash-Shama'il
Ash-Shama'il 7“My maternal aunt Hind asked the son of Abu Hala, who was a describer of the finery of the Messenger of Allah, to describe something of it that would be of interest to me, so he said:
The Messenger of Allah was an honored dignitary, whose face shone with the…Ash-Shama'il 10A man asked Al-Bara ibn Azib: “Was the face of the Messenger of Allah like the sword?” He said: “No, it was rather like the moon!”Ash-Shama'il 13‘I heard Abu Tufail say:
‘I saw the Prophet, and there is no one left on the face of the earth who has seen him, apart from me.’ I said: ‘Describe him for me!’ He said: ‘He was white, handsome, of medium size.’’Ash-Shama'il 41“O Messenger of Allah we notice that you have turned gray!” He said: ‘The Hud and its sisters have caused me to turn gray!’Ash-Shama'il 45Sahih“Did the Messenger of Allah dye?” He said: “Yes!”Ash-Shama'il 121“When the Prophet walked, he inclined forward as if he were descending a declivity.”Ash-Shama'il 167“The Prophet said: ‘What an excellent condiment vinegar is’!”Ash-Shama'il 219“I said to my maternal uncle, Hind ibn Abi Hala, who was skilled at describing people: ‘Describe for me the manner of speech the Messenger of Allah!’ He said: The Messenger of Allah was constantly sympathetic with sorrows, persistent in thought, having no…Ash-Shama'il 324“I asked my maternal uncle, Hind ibn Abi Hala, who was an expert describer, about the finery of the Messenger of Allah, and I asked him to describe something of it for me, so he said: ‘the Messenger of Allah was an honored dignitary, whose face shone with the…Ash-Shama'il 339“Al-Husain said: ‘I asked my father how the Prophet comported himself among his table companions, so he said: ‘the Messenger of Allah was always good-humored, easy-going, mild- mannered, neither rude nor coarse, nor boisterous, nor obscene, nor slanderous…