He said: Ibn Ḥayyuwayh was a prolific narrator, and he showed a certain leniency—for on occasion he wished to read something but the original copy was not within reach, so he would recite it from the book of Abū al-Ḥasan b. al-Razzāz, relying on that book’s accuracy. Then he added: yet in spite of that, he remained trustworthy (1).
Al-Khaṭīb said: I asked al-Barqānī about him, and he replied, “Reliable, firmly accurate, an accepted authority.”
Al-ʿAtīqī said: He died in Rabīʿ al-Ākhir of the year 382 AH (2).
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Muḥammad informed us in his book; ʿUmar b. Muḥammad informed us; Hibat Allāh b. Aḥmad informed us; Ibrāhīm b. ʿUmar informed us; Ibn Ḥayyuwayh narrated to us; al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Shuʿbah narrated to us; ʿAbdah b. ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us; Yaḥyā b. Ādam narrated to us; Misʿar narrated to us, from al-Ḥakam, from Ibn Abī Laylā, from al-Barāʾ, who said: “The standing, sitting, bowing, and prostration of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, were such that one could not tell which of them was the longest.” (3)
297 – Al-Qazwīnī, Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ *
The imam, centenarian, and shaykh of the Qurʾān reciters: Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ b. Ḥammād al-Qazwīnī.
He heard ḥadith from: Yūsuf b. ʿĀṣim al-Rāzī, Muḥammad b. Masʿūd al-Asadī, and Yūsuf b. Ḥamdān.