ʿAlī b. al-Ḥajjāj al-Wāsiṭī (Arabic: ابن الدبيثي), commonly known as Ibn al-Dubaythī, was an Iraqi muhaddith (hadith scholar), historian and an expert in ilm al-rijal who composed, among other major works.
[2][3] He was one of the major historians of the late Abbasid era, and considered one of the best scholars of his time in hadith and its sciences.
[8] He listed the Baghdadis among them were the caliphs and the rulers of their covenants, ministers, lords of states, jurists, captains, judges, justices, preachers, jurists, hadith narrators, readers, people of virtue and literature, poets, Sufis, doctors, pharmacists, and others, and some of the characters quoted in Ibn Al-Dubaythi's work were preceptors whom he knew personally and wrote about his scholarly life, studies, travels, elders, and part of his relationships.
[7] Ibn al-Dubaythi also wrote a history of Wasit, which was one of the most important scientific centers in which literature and science markets circulated.
Historians described it as a “great history”, in which he presented accurate information about the cultural and intellectual aspects of Wasit, its scholars, and some of its schools and teachers, and it contains valuable information of a number of Men of Wasit, readers, speakers, jurists and writers, and about the scientific connections between it and the Islamic world, and the most famous scientific houses, and it included useful information about the science of hadith, and its presentation was distinguished by accuracy and comprehensiveness, given that he was from the city, and he lived with many of its sheikhs and scholars, and relied on historical books of Wasit scholars.