al-Ḥasan al-Hamadhānī, better known as “al-Falakī.”
Shīrawayh said, “He heard from virtually all the senior scholars of Hamadhān, Iraq, and Khurāsān.”
He narrated from Ibn Razqūyah, Abū al-Ḥusayn ibn Bishrān, and the judge Abū Bakr al-Ḥayrī. In turn, al-Ḥasanī and al-Maydānī transmitted from him.
He was a precise ḥadith-master, thoroughly skilled in this field.
Among the works he authored is the biographical compendium entitled “al-Muntahā fī Maʿrifat al-Rijāl” (1), running to one thousand fascicles.
I heard (2) Ḥamzah ibn Aḥmad say: “I heard Shaykh al-Islām al-Anṣārī say, ‘My eyes have never beheld anyone among mankind with a better memory than Ibn al-Falakī; he was an earnest, resolute Sufi (3).’ ”
I say: He died in Nishapur in Shaʿbān, 427 AH, while still in the prime of life.
His grandfather (4) excelled in astronomy and arithmetic and was a dignified, awe-inspiring man,