Abu Saleh Bazam’s news on the virtues of Khorasan

Abu Saleh Bazam is one of the Iranian followers (tābi‘ūn), narrators, and interpreters. He was the servant of Umm-e Hani, the daughter of Abū Ṭālib. He narrated numerous Ḥadīth from companions of the Prophet. Scholars and narrators expressed conflicting views on the correctness or weakness of his ḥadīths. Some of his ḥadīths are about the virtues of Khorasan. The main question of this study is what is the role of considering these ḥadīths on the disparaging and declaring trustworthy (Al-Jarh wa L-Ta’dil) of his ḥadīth personality? Using a historical approach and descriptive-analytical method, this article tried to study the reflection of his ḥadīths about the news of Khorasan in the historical texts after expressing the life of Abu Saleh Bazam, the servant of Umm-e Hani, and his relations with Banū Hāshim. Findings of the study is confirming the views of many narrators, Tarajom (Ethnography), and writing biographical layers (Tabaqat) about the weakness of Bazam’s ḥadīth and his cautious viewpoint about some of his narrations including news of the virtues of Khorasan.