, also known as al-Tabarānī the ascetic, a resident of Akwāj near Banyās. He transmitted ḥadith from Abū Saʿīd ibn al-Aʿrābī, Aḥmad ibn Zakariyyā al-Maqdisī, ʿUthmān ibn Muḥammad al-Samarqandī, Khaythama al-Aṭrābulusī, and many others. Those who narrated from him include Tammām al-Rāzī, ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Rabʿī, Aḥmad ibn Rawwād al-ʿAkkāwī, Abū ʿAlī al-Ahwāzī, and Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Ṣūrī. Al-Ṣūrī said, “He was trustworthy, firmly grounded, and prolific; al-Dāraquṭnī cited him.” (1) Al-Kattānī added, “A reliable transmitter, though inclined toward Shiʿism; he died in 399 AH.” (2) I (the author) note that he traveled to Baghdad and met Abū Sahl ibn Ziyād and others of similar rank.

67 – al-Qaṣṣār, Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar ibn Aḥmad*
The leading Mālikī authority and judge, Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar ibn Aḥmad al-Baghdādī—known as Ibn al-Qaṣṣār. He narrated ḥadith from ʿAlī ibn al-Faḍl al-Sutūrī and others. Among those who transmitted from him were Abū Dharr the ḥāfiẓ and Abū al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Muhtadī bi’Llāh. Al-Khaṭīb declared him reliable. (3)