read it, then steel yourself for hardship.’
He answered, ‘I will.’
So they read for several days, until they came to the mention of a certain individual. In the gathering there happened to be a Ḥanafī who informed against the shaykh before the judge and took the matter to the ruler. The ruler ordered the shaykh confined to his house, closed his mosque, and forbade him to teach—this occurred toward the end of his life. As for the Ṣūfī, he was beaten and banished, and the shaykh’s discernment proved true.
I (al-Dhahabī) say: Abū Nuʿaym blemished his book by inserting that passage.
This Dīnawarī died in the year 468 AH.
Ibn al-Najjār said: He was one of those who roamed about in quest of ḥadith. In Dīnawar he heard from Abū Manṣūr Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Maymūnah …, then he said: and in Baghdad from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Mūsā ibn al-Ṣalt and Ibn Razquwayh.
Abū Bakr al-Khaṭīb narrated from him.
Yaḥyā ibn Mandah said: He was counted among the ḥuffāẓ, noted for his understanding.
Abū al-Faḍl ibn Khayrūn said: He heard ḥadith in every land, collected a great deal, transmitted it, and he is reliable.
179 – Ibn Ḥayyān, Ḥayyān ibn Khalaf ibn Ḥusayn al-Umawī*
The Imām, ḥadith scholar, historian, grammarian, and prolific author, Abū Marwān.