[^7] Al-Hasan ibn Musallim ibn al-Tabib al-San’ani.

[^7] Al-Hasan ibn Musallim ibn al-Tabib al-San’ani. In al-Tabarani (Mu’jam shuyukhih, i, 135) from him. Abu al-Qasim ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Aziz al-Baghawi (d. 317/929). In al-Hamawi, Fara'id al-simtayn, ii, 272. Al-Hafiz al-Tahawi, Abu Ja’far Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Salamah (d. 321/933). In his Mushkil al-athar, iv, 368, with two chains of transmission from Zayd ibn Arqam. A leading writer and scholar of his era. [^8] Abu Ja’far al-’Uqayli, Muhammad ibn ‘Amr ibn Hammad (d. 322/934).

In his Kitab al-du’afa' (MS. 362 in Dar al-Kutub al-Zahiriyyah, Damascus, F. 104) through three chains from Abu Sa’id and Jabir. A leading scholar of his age. [^9] Abu ‘Umar Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Rabbih al-Qurtubi (d. 328/939). In his al-’Iqd al-farid. He is a well-known scholar of a high standing. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Bashshar, known as Ibn al-Anbari (d. 328/939). In his al-Masahif, from Zayd ibn Arqam and from Zayd ibn Thabit. An eminent scholar.

Tawthiq and tasdiq by Ibn Khallikan and al-Sam’ani. [^10] Abu ‘Abd Allah Husayn ibn Isma’il ibn al-Dabbi al-Muhamili (d. 330/941). In his Amali, where he regards it as sahih , as mentioned by ‘Ali al-Muttaqi in Kanz al-’ummal (xv, 122-123). A great scholar (imam) of Baghdad. [^11] Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Sa’id, known as Ibn ‘Uqdah (d. 332/943). In his Kitab al-wilayah, known as Kitab al-muwalat, through 8 chains, as mentioned by al-Sakhawi (op. cit.), al-Samhudi (op.

cit), Ibn Ba Kathir (op. cit.) and al-Shaykhani a1-Qadiri (op. cit). An eminent scholar of his era. Al-Hasan ibn Ya’qub, Abu al-Fadl al-Bukhari (d. 342/953). In al-Bayhaqi (Sunan, ii, 148) from al-Hakim, from him, from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Farra' al-Abdi. Also in Ibn ‘Asakir in Mu’jam shuyukhih (MS. F. 11). Tawthiq by al-Dhahabi. [^12] Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ya’qub ibn al-Akhram al-Shaybani (d. 344/955). In al-Bayhaqi (Sunan, vii, 30) from him, from Abu Ahmad al-Farra'.

Author of a voluminous Musnad. An eminent traditionist from Nishabur. Abu Muhammad ‘Abd Allah ibn Ja’far al-Isfahani (d. 346/ 957). In Abu Nu’aym (Hilyat al-awliya', ix, 64) from him, from Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Dabbi. Teacher of Abu Nu’aym, who reports from Abu ‘Umar al-Qattan that he saw ‘Abd Allah ibn Ja’far in a dream after his death.

When asked, "How did God treat you?" he replied, "He forgave me and put me with the prophets in their station." [^13] Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Tamim al-Khayyat al-Qantari (d. 348/959).