His brother:
54 – Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr Aḥmad al-Ismāʿīlī*
Imām, ḥadith master, and the foremost of the dignitaries.
A man of broad influence and complete leadership in Jurjān.
He studied under Abū Yaʿqūb al-Baḥīrī, Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Aṣamm, Daʿlaj, and several others.
Those who narrated from him include Ḥamza al-Sahmī, ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Mandah, and a group besides them.
He dictated a number of scholarly sessions.
He was endowed with keen insight, knowledge, and great acceptance (1).
Abū al-Qāsim Ibn ʿAsākir states that he followed the Ashʿarī school.
He passed away in Rabīʿ al-Ākhir, d. 405 AH.
Muḥammad ibn Bayān al-Bazzār in Ṭarābulus related to me, saying: Maḥmūd ibn Ibrāhīm informed us; Abū Rashīd Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad informed us; ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Yaḥyā informed us; Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ismāʿīlī informed us; Aḥmad ibn ʿAmr ibn al-Khalīl al-Āmulī told me; Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī narrated to us; ʿAmr ibn ʿAwn narrated to us; Ibn al-Mubārak informed us, from Ibn ʿAjlān, from ʿĀmir ibn ʿAbd Allāh, from ʿAmr ibn Sulaym, from Abū Qatādah, who said:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When one of you enters the mosque, let him pray two rakʿahs before sitting down.” (2)