—as well as al-Silafi, the preacher of Mosul, Shahda bint al-Ibri (1), and many others. He died in Shawwal of the year 494 AH, having reached an advanced old age.
He was born a little after 400 AH. Among the scholars from whom he received hadith were Mansur al-Kaghadi, Husayn ibn Khadr al-Nasafi the judge, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Farisi, Ahmad ibn Hasan al-Marajili (1), and a host of others.
Those who transmitted from him include ‘Uthman ibn ‘Ali al-Bikandi, Abu Thabit al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali al-Bardiji (2), Abu Raja’ Muhammad ibn Muhammad, Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Sinji, Muhammad ibn ‘Ali the preacher, and many more.
He lived for ninety years and died in 491 AH, or thereabouts.
102 – Ibn Ḥīd, Abu Ahmad Mansur ibn Bakr ibn Muhammad*
The eminent and trustworthy shaykh, Abu Ahmad Mansur ibn Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ḥīd ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar al-Naysaburi, a merchant who settled in Baghdad.
He studied under his grandfather, Abu Bakr ibn Ḥīd—the companion of al-Aṣamm—and, while in Baghdad, under Ibn Ghaylan, ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Azaji, and several others.
Among those who narrated from him were ‘Umar ibn Zafar, Abu al-Mu‘ammar al-Ansari, Ibn Nasir,