Abu al-Fadl ibn Khayrun said, “He was reliable and upright.”

Abu Saʿd al-Samʿani said, “I heard Ismaʿil ibn al-Fadl, the hadith scholar, state: ‘Abu Jaʿfar is trustworthy and dignified.’ ”

I add: He passed away on the ninth of Jumada al-Ula in the year 465 AH.

His father:

103 – Ibn al-Muslimah, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ʿUmar al-Muʿaddil *

He was the devout imam and veracious transmitter, Abu al-Faraj Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ʿUmar al-Muʿaddil.

He heard hadith from Abu Bakr al-Najjād, Ahmad ibn Kamil the judge, Ibn ʿIlm (1), and Daʿlaj.

Al-Khatib (2) said: “He was trustworthy; each year he would conduct a single public dictation session. He was known for sound judgment, virtue, and beneficence, and his home was a regular gathering place for scholars. He fasted frequently and recited the Qur’an abundantly.”

He died in Dhu al-Qaʿda of the year 415 AH, at the age of seventy-eight.

I note that among those who related from him were al-Khatib, Tirad al-Zaynabi, and others.

He studied jurisprudence under the leading Hanafi teacher Abu Bakr al-Razi.

He practiced continual fasting and would spend the night in prayer, reciting one-seventh of the Qur’an.