and many others from Hamadhan and elsewhere.
Among those who narrated from him were: Jaʿfar al-Abharī; ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Mandah; Saʿd b. Ḥamd together with his two sons, Sufyān and Muḥammad; Abū al-Faḍl al-Qūmisānī; Abū al-Fatḥ ʿAbdūs b. ʿAbd Allāh; Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ṣāʿid; ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. al-Akhram, the muʾadhdhin; Abū Ṣāliḥ Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Malik, the muʾadhdhin; Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā al-Kirmānī; and a great many others.
Shīrawayh states in his History: “He was trustworthy and truthful, though he reported numerous singular traditions. His handwriting was elegant and he produced many works. He entered Hamadhan in poverty, so its people gathered funds for him; then he travelled on to Nishapur, where he enjoyed considerable prestige. Abū Isḥāq al-Thaʿlabī cited him in his Qur’an commentary, but the ḥāfiẓ Abū al-Faḍl al-Falakī spoke against him, saying: ‘He never heard from [ʿUbayd Allāh b. Shaybah] (1).’”
He therefore left Hamadhan in anger; al-Falakī pursued him, apologized, and retracted his statement, yet Ibn Fanjawayh continued to call down curses upon him.
He died in Nishapur, in Rabīʿ al-Ākhir of 414 AH.
He also transmitted al-Mujtabā from [(Sunan Abī Dāwūd)] (2).
245 – al-Jārūdī, Abū al-Faḍl Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Muḥammad
The ḥāfiẓ, meticulous imām, and itinerant scholar: Abū al-Faḍl Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Jārūdī, al-Harawī.
He heard ḥadith from: Ḥāmid b. Muḥammad al-Raffāʾ; Sulaymān b. Aḥmad al-Ṭabarānī; and Muḥammad