Duhaym

Abu Sa'id Abd al-Rahman ibn Ibrahim ibn Amr ibn Maymun al-Dimashqi (أَبُو سَعِيد عَبْد الرَّحْمَن ٱبْن إِبْرَاهِيْم ٱبْن عَمْرِو ٱبْن مَيْمُون الدِّمَشْقِيّ; born 170 AH - died 245 AH), commonly known by the Duhem or Duhaym (دُحَيْم), was a Sunni Islamic scholar and judge. He was a sheikh of the prominent muhaddith al-Bukhari. Duhaym is one of the most renowned scholars by Sunni Muslims.

Biography
Abd al-Rahman ibn Ibrahim was born in 787 CE. He belonged to a family of of the Quraysh, thus his. He was also known as (son of al-Yatim), in reference the freedman al-Yatim.

Duhaym was associated with the Awza'i (school of thought). He occasionally visited Baghdad and was deeply respected by the prominent scholars Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Yahya ibn Ma'in. He was either a pupil or teacher of Ahmad ibn Hanbal. Amongst Duhaym's students include the renowned Hanbalis Ibrahim al-Harbi and Hanbal ibn Ishaq. Abu Dawud al-Sijistani is reported to have said about Duhaymː "Duhaym is reliable. No one in Damascus was like him in his time".