He also transmitted from: Abū Bakr al-Jiʿābī, Sahl ibn Aḥmad al-Dībājī, and Abū al-Mufaḍḍal al-Shaybānī.

His disciple al-Ṭūsī said: “He served knowledge and pursued it solely for Allah’s sake, and his rulings carried more force than the edicts of kings (1).”

Ibn al-Najāshī said: “He authored a number of works, among them: The Book of the Day of Ghadīr, The Book of the Mawātiʾ (2) of the Commander of the Faithful, The Refutation of the Extremists, and other titles. He died in Ṣafar of the year 411 AH.”

I say: In the eyes of the Imāmīs he stands on the same level of prestige as Shaykh al-Mufīd (3); they boast of both men and defer to their learning, whether sound or unsound.

201 – Ibn al-Ḥājj, Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Ishbīlī *

The imam, ḥadīth scholar, and trustworthy authority Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj ibn Yaḥyā al-Ishbīlī, a court witness who settled in Egypt.

He heard ḥadith from ʿUthmān ibn Muḥammad al-Samarqandī, al-Ḥasan ibn Marwān al-Qaysarānī, Abū al-Fawāris Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṣābūnī, ʿAlī ibn Abī al-ʿAqab al-Dimashqī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmārah, al-ʿAbbās ibn Muḥammad al-Rāfiqī, Aḥmad ibn Abī al-Mawt, and their contemporaries in Egypt and Damascus.