—Abū al-ʿAlāʾ Zuhr (1) ibn ʿAbd al-Malik—and the great-grandfather of the erudite Abū Bakr Muḥammad (2) ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, who lived on until 595 AH.

279 – al-Qaṭṭān, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf ibn Aḥmad al-Naysābūrī
A ḥadith master, accomplished and widely travelled, Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf ibn Aḥmad al-Naysābūrī, known as al-Qaṭṭān and al-Aʿraj.
He narrated from al-Ḥākim Ibn al-Bayyiʿ, Abū Aḥmad al-Faraḍī, Abū ʿUmar al-Hāshimī al-Baṣrī, Abū Muḥammad ibn al-Naḥḥās al-Miṣrī, and others of their standing.
Those who transmitted from him include al-Khaṭīb and ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Kattānī.
He died in middle age in 422 AH, and only a few of his narrations were recorded.

280 – Ibn Najāḥ, Abū al-Ḥusayn Yaḥyā ibn Najāḥ al-Qurṭubī
The Imām and ascetic, Abū al-Ḥusayn Yaḥyā ibn Najāḥ al-Qurṭubī, a client of the Umayyads, also known as Ibn al-Fallas.
He was one of the scholars who put their knowledge into practice.
He authored the book Subul al-Khayrāt (Paths to Good Deeds) on heart-softening exhortations; it became well known and he used to teach and transmit it.