and Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Jaʿfar, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Mardawayh, and a number of others.
He passed away in Shawwal of the year 416 AH, at some point in his eighties.
261 – Ibn al-Khallal, Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman al-Taʾi
A venerable shaykh, trustworthy authority, and leading figure: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn ʿUbayd Allah ibn Yahya ibn Yunus al-Taʾi, the Damascene, originally from Daraya, a cotton dealer, better known as Ibn al-Khallal.
He received hadith from Khaythama al-Atrabusi, Abu al-Maymun ibn Rashid, Abu al-Hasan ibn Hadhlam, Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Adhraʿi, and others.
Those who reported from him include ʿAli ibn Muhammad al-Hinnaʾi, his brother Abu al-Qasim Ibrahim, Abu ʿAli al-Ahwazi, Abu Saʿd al-Samman, the judge Abu Yaʿla ibn al-Farraʾ, ʿAbd al-Wahid al-Burri, ʿAbd Allah ibn Kubaybah al-Najjar, ʿAbd al-Aziz al-Kattani, and Abu al-Qasim ibn Abi al-ʿAlaʾ.
He was known for his asceticism, uprightness, and piety.
Al-Kattani said: “Our shaykh Abu Bakr al-Qattan died on the fourteenth of Rabiʿ al-Awwal in 416 AH.” He added: “Toward the end of his life he lost his sight, yet he remained a distinguished and trustworthy man.”
He left this world upon integrity and in a commendable state.