He also narrated in Baghdad the book al-Ḥilya of Abū Nuʿaym on his authority when he returned from the Hajj.

Al-Samʿānī said: “He was a distinguished imām, sound in his auditions and meticulous in receiving traditions. Among those who transmitted from him were Ismāʿīl ibn al-Samarqandī, ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Anmāṭī, Ibn Nāṣir, Abū al-Fath ibn al-Baṭṭī, and several others.

His obituary reached Baghdad from Isfahan in Dhu al-Ḥijjah, 488 AH, though some scholars of Isfahan dated his death to Jumāda I, 486 AH.

Al-Silafī said: “I asked Abū ʿĀmir al-ʿAbdarī about Ḥamd al-Ḥaddād. He replied, ‘We wrote ḥadith from him, and rarely have I seen anyone to match him in reliability. He used to collate his copies himself and did not trust the work of others.’”

Abū ʿAlī al-Ṣadafī remarked: “He was greatly esteemed in his hometown and commanded genuine reverence.”

Ibn al-Najjār stated: “I read, in the handwriting of Abū ʿĀmir Muḥammad ibn Saʿdūn: Ḥamd al-Ḥaddād performed the pilgrimage, then returned and stayed in al-Ḥarīm, where he narrated the book al-Ḥilya and other works. I heard these from him. He was dignified and composed, alert and quick-witted, thoroughly trustworthy, and of pleasing character—may Allah have mercy on him.”

14 – Sulaymān ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Iṣfahānī *
The ḥadīth master, scholar, traditionist, and instructor, Abū Masʿūd