113 – Ibn al-Wazīr, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn Masʿūd al-Dimashqī *
The ḥadith master known as al-Mufīd, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn Masʿūd, son of the vizier, from Damascus.
His grandfather Ḥasan al-Khwarizmī (1) served as vizier to Tutush (2), the ruler of Damascus.
He pursued learning, travelled in search of hadith, followed the jurisprudence of Abū Ḥanīfa, took up residence in Marw, and heard a great many narrations, transmitting especially from Fāṭima al-Juzdāniyya (3).
Al-Samʿānī said: “He was a sharp-witted ḥadith master, knowledgeable in both hadith and genealogy.”
He told me: “He was born in Ṣafar 498 AH and died in Marw in Muḥarram 543 AH.”
I add: he composed fine poetry and possessed many virtues.
114 – al-Jawraqānī, al-Ḥusayn ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Jaʿfar **
The Imām, ḥadith master, and critic, Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥusayn