al-Rutabi (1), the exemplar Abu al-Bayan Nabaʾ ibn Muhammad ibn Mahfuz of Damascus (2), the supporter Yahya ibn Salamah al-Haskafi (3), and Yahya ibn ʿAbd al-Baqi al-Ghazzal (4).
163 – Ibn Matkud, Abu al-Qasim Nasr ibn Ahmad al-Susi*
The shaykh, Abu al-Qasim Nasr ibn Ahmad ibn Muqatil ibn Matkud al-Susi, later known as al-Dimashqi.
He heard from: his grandfather, Abu al-Qasim ibn Abi al-ʿAlaʾ, Abu ʿAbd Allah ibn Abi al-Hadid, and Sahl ibn Bishr.
Those who narrated from him include: Ibn ʿAsakir (5) and his son, Abu al-Mawahib, his brother Abu al-Qasim, Tarkhan al-Shaghuri, and others.
Ibn ʿAsakir said: “A shaykh of unknown standing; hadith was not his chief pursuit. He died on the nineteenth of Rabiʿ al-Awwal in the year 548 AH.”
His brother:
164 – ʿAli ibn Ahmad ibn Muqatil**
He transmitted from Abu al-Qasim ibn Abi al-ʿAlaʾ, and he was the last to relate from him the booklet on the Attributes compiled by Ibn Harun.