He received hadith from Muḥammad ibn Faraj al-Ṭallāʿī, from the ḥadith master Abū ʿAlī al-Ghassānī, and from Aṣbagh ibn Muḥammad.
Narrators who reported from him include Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm, Abū Khālid ibn Rifāʿah, Abū Jaʿfar ibn al-Bādhish, and Abū al-Qāsim ibn Bashkuwāl.
Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Abbār said, “The business of issuing fatwā revolved around him, and he ranked among the foremost jurists whose counsel was sought.”
He died in Dhū al-Qaʿdah 526 AH.
- Ibn al-Ruṭabī — Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Salāmah ibn ʿUbayd Allāh
The erudite muftī, Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Salāmah ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Makhlad al-Karkhī, a Shāfiʿī known as Ibn al-Ruṭabī (1), was one of the prodigies of his age.
He transmitted hadith from Abū al-Qāsim ibn al-Busrī and from others.
In jurisprudence he studied under Shaykh Abū Isḥāq and under Ibn al-Ṣabbāgh, kept the company of Abū Bakr al-Shāshī, travelled to Isfahān, sat with Muḥammad ibn Thābit al-Khujandī, and went on to excel and gain distinction. He held the judgeship of the Ḥarīm and the office of ḥisbah, tutored the caliph’s sons, and was a man of learning marked by intellect, composure, and gravitas.