ibn Maʿrūf al-Baghdādī.

He heard ḥadīth from Ibn Ṣāʿid, Ibn Ḥāmid al-Ḥaḍramī, Muḥammad ibn Nūḥ, and Ibn Nayrūz al-Anmāṭī. He was counted among the most hardy of men and the shrewdest of judges—endowed with quick intelligence, sharp discernment, firm resolve, eloquence, and awe-inspiring presence—yet he was altogether immersed in Muʿtazilī thought, an unfortunate trial.

Among those who transmitted from him were Abū Muḥammad al-Khallāl, al-ʿAtīqī, ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn Shayṭā, and Abū Jaʿfar ibn al-Muslima.

Al-Khaṭīb, out of ignorance, declared him reliable and lavished excessive praise upon him, saying: “He combined handsomeness of appearance, refinement of dress, affability in company, and eloquence in speech. He had his share of literature, took a portion of speculative theology, and composed graceful poetry.”(1)

He passed away in Ṣafar, 381 AH.

316 – al-Rāzī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb

The shaykh, the long-lived ascetic, leader of the Sufis, and foremost ḥadīth authority of his time: Abū Saʿīd ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Nuṣayr ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAṭāʾ ibn Wāṣil al-Qurashī, from Rayy who resided in Naysābūr.