He was a senior companion of the Prophet, who came to the Messenger ofAllah (s.a.w.a.) in the year 7 A.H. and no one has any dispute about his beingtrustworthy.
Authors of the six Sihah books have narrated his traditions and Umar binKhattab has praised him.1
It is mentioned in Usudul Ghaba of Ibne Athir that he had become anopponent of Uthman. The strangest distortion I found in Tarikh Khatib,2 is astatement he has narrated from Mughira that he said: “Adi bin Hatim, Jarir binAbdullah Bajali and Hanzala Katib left Kufa and settled down in Qarqisia3 andsaid: We will not remain in a place where Uthman is abused.”
The correct version is ‘in a place where Ali is abused…’ and by the hands ofdistortion, Ali was changed into Uthman and Ibne Hajar has mentioned thisdistortion in Tahzibut Tahzib.4
The biography of Adi can be found in the following books: Al-Istiab, TarikhBaghdad, Usudul Ghaba, Al-Isabah and Tahzibut Tahzib.5
He was among the senior persons of his community and Hajjaj killed him inthe year 82 A.H.
Ibne Saad, Ibne Moin, Ajali and Ibne Ammar have considered him reliable,6and Ibne Habban has included him among the reliable reporters.7