252 – al-Muʿādhī • Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad
The venerable, long-lived shaykh, Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā al-Muʿādhī, of Nishapur.
He attended two sessions with Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Aṣam.
ʿAbd al-Ghafir said, “His audition from him was in 334 AH, and he died in Jumada al-Ūlā, 421 AH.”
I say: Abū Ismāʿīl al-Anṣārī and several others transmitted from him.
ʿAbd al-Ghafir also declared him reliable.

253 – al-Jaṣṣāṣ • Abū Muḥammad Ṭāhir ibn Ḥasan ibn Ibrāhīm
The master of the ascetics, Abū Muḥammad Ṭāhir ibn Ḥasan ibn Ibrāhīm al-Hamadhānī, known as al-Jaṣṣāṣ (the plasterer).
He narrated from Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-Kisāʾī, a student of Abū al-Qāsim al-Baghawī, and from a handful of others.
Among those who narrated from him was Abū Muslim ibn Ghazw.
A number of the fuqarāʾ (poor ascetics) likewise related his accounts (1).
He exhibited striking spiritual states and extraordinary feats, though some accused him of heresy.
Shīrawayh al-Daylamī revered him greatly and even exaggerated in praising him.