This report is famously associated with Ali ibn Abi Hamza al-Bataini .
approaches the Imam to discuss his high standing within his tribe and a potential leadership role: Rijal Al Kashi Report 176
“Muhammad ibn Mas‘ud narrated to me: ‘I heard ‘Ali ibn Hasan ibn Faddal say: I asked my father (Hasan ibn Faddal) about Yunus ibn Abd al-Rahman. He said: He was the leader of the sect (sahib al-ta’ifa). He was the foremost among the companions in jurisprudence (fiqh) and theology (kalam). I said: Then why do you not narrate from him? He said: Because he used to narrate from those whom I do not trust (ghayr al-thiqa).’” This report is famously associated with Ali ibn
Hasan ibn Faddal—a contemporary—refuses to narrate from Yunus because Yunus allegedly transmitted from “untrustworthy individuals.” This suggests that while Yunus himself might have been upright, his sources were corrupted. In hadith methodology, this is called tadlis (concealing weak links). He was the foremost among the companions in