Hayyāj ibn ʿUbayd said, “Rāfiʿ had a distinguished standing in asceticism (1). It was only through his help that Shaykh Abū Isḥāq (2) and Abū Yaʿlā ibn al-Farrāʾ were able to master jurisprudence, for he used to carry their burdens and provide for them (3). Rāfiʿ himself studied under Shaykh Abū Ḥāmid.
He resided near the Sacred Mosque and died in Mecca; he possessed a firm footing in god-fearing devotion.
Those who narrated from him include Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isfarāʾīnī and Jaʿfar al-Sarrāj.
He passed away in 447 AH after reaching old age.
- Abū al-Faraj al-Dārimī, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid *
The imām, erudite scholar, and senior authority of the Shāfiʿīs: Abū al-Faraj Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar ibn Maymūn al-Dārimī, a Baghdadi Shāfiʿī who took up residence in Damascus.
He heard hadith from Abū al-Ḥusayn Muḥammad ibn al-Muẓaffar, Abū ʿUmar ibn Ḥayyawayh, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Dāraquṭnī, Abū Bakr ibn Shādhān, and a group of others.
He also narrated from Abū Muḥammad ibn Māsī, but the notebook of that audition has been lost.