Among those who narrated from him were his grandson Ibn Nasir (1) and Ibn Kadish. Leadership in the sciences of inheritance and of literature came to be identified with him. He produced commentaries on the Hamasa and on the collected poems of al-Buhturi, al-Mutanabbi, and al-Radi, and he was a righteous, trustworthy man. While copying a Qur’an codex he laid down his pen and said, “Indeed, this is a most pleasant and blessed death.” He then passed away (2), in Dhu al-Hijjah of the year 476 AH (3).

288 – Ibn Muntab, Ahmad ibn al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Basri *

The imam and reliable authority, Abu Muhammad Ahmad ibn Abi ʿUthman al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn ʿAmr ibn Muntab al-Basri, later al-Baghdadi—known as al-Daqqaq—was a distinguished Qur’an reciter: precise, prolific, devout, and dignified. He taught many students, several of whom completed their recitation under him. He was born in 397 AH. He received hadith from Abu Ahmad al-Faradi, Ismaʿil ibn al-Hasan al-Sarṣari, Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Mujabbir, Abu ʿUmar ibn Mahdi, Abu Muhammad ibn al-Bayyiʿ, and al-Hasan ibn al-Qasim al-Dabbas.