He narrated from Abū ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-Barr. Ibn al-Dabbāgh states that he heard from him the Muwaṭṭaʾ, his treatise on the laws of inheritance, and Bahjat al-Majālis.

I say: A large number narrated from Abū al-ʿAbbās ibn Dilhāth; he enjoyed a close association with Hishām ibn Aḥmad al-Kinānī; and he also transmitted from Abū al-Walīd al-Bājī, Abū al-Fatḥ al-Layth ibn al-Ḥasan al-Turkī, Muḥammad ibn Saʿdūn, and Abū Dāwūd ibn Najāḥ.

Ibn Bashkuwāl said: “He was among the leading scholars and foremost men of letters, meticulous with his books, trustworthy, and the people heard a great deal from him.” (1)

I say: Those who transmitted from him include Ibn Bashkuwāl, Abū al-Walīd ibn al-Dabbāgh, Abū Bakr ibn al-Jadd the jurist, ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq ibn Būnah al-ʿAbdarī, and others.

He passed away in Jumādā al-Ākhirah of the year 520 AH, having completed eighty years of age—may Allah have mercy on him.

299 – Ibn Abī Talīd, Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Khalaf

The shaykh, the trustworthy Abū ʿImrān Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Khalaf ibn Mūsā ibn Abī Talīd al-Shāṭibī.

He was a frequent narrator from Abū ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, and the authenticity of his audition is borne out by the handwriting of reliable authorities.

Ibn al-Dabbāgh praised him, saying: “He heard the book al-Istidhkār and transmitted …”