I say: He was one of the devout Qur’an reciters—content, dignified, and poor. Among those who recited to him was Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Manṣūr, the teacher of Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Hamadhānī; and Abū al-Karam al-Shahrazūrī transmitted from him on the basis of a written authorization.

Abū al-Faḍl ibn Khayrūn said: “He passed away in Jumādā al-Ūlā of the year 467 AH, on the fourth day of the month.”(1)

222. Ibn Asīd — Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Thaqafī
     A venerable and righteous scholar: Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Asīd ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, grandson of the ḥadith master Asīd ibn ʿĀṣim al-Thaqafī, originally from Isfahān and later a resident of Medina.

He narrated from the ḥāfiẓ Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mandah.

Those who reported from him include Abū Naṣr al-Baʾr, Yaḥyā ibn Mandah, and al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Khallāl.

He was a man of learning, leadership, and sound judgment.

He died in Shaʿbān of the year 468 AH.

223. al-Ṣaffār — Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim ibn Ḥabīb
     The muftī of Naysābūr: Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim ibn Ḥabīb ibn ʿAbdūs al-Naysābūrī, a Shāfiʿī, universally known as al-Ṣaffār.