al-Silafi, the preacher of Mosul, Shahda bint al-Ibri (1), and a number of others.
He passed away in Shawwal, 494 AH, after having reached an advanced old age.
103 – Saʿid ibn Sayyar ibn Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Idris *
Chief Justice, “Adornment of Islam,” Abu al-ʿAlaʾ al-Kinani, from Herat.
He studied under: Abu Saʿid Muhammad ibn Musa al-Sairafi; ʿAli ibn Muhammad al-Tarazi—both companions of al-Aṣamm; his grandfather, the judge Abu Nasr Yahya ibn Muhammad; the judge Abu al-ʿAlaʾ Saʿid ibn Muhammad al-Hanafi; Abu Bishr al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Muzakki; Saʿid ibn al-ʿAbbas al-Qurashi; and a number of others. Shaykh al-Islam Abu Ismaʿil (2) compiled selections from his narrations.
Those who reported from him include Muhammad ibn Tahir and his grandson Nasr ibn Sayyar ibn Saʿid.
He was pious, upright, dignified, and exceptionally learned, held in high esteem, and firmly committed to the Sunnah and the mainstream community.
He lived a long life; he was born in the middle of 405 AH.
Among those who transmitted from him are: his grandson Shihab ibn Sayyar, ʿAli ibn Sahl al-Shashi, ʿAbd al-Muʿizz ibn Bishr, Muhammad ibn al-Fadl al-Dahhan, ʿAbd al-Wasʿ ibn ʿAṭaʾ, and Masrur ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Hanafi.