Among those who narrated from him were al-Samʿānī, ʿAbd al-Khāliq ibn Asad, and ʿAbd al-Raḥīm, al-Samʿānī’s son. He was counted among the devout, ascetic scholars. Abū Mūsā al-Madīnī said, “He died in Yazd (1) in Shaʿbān, 549 AH.”
167 – Ḥamzah ibn Muḥammad ibn Baḥsūl, Abū al-Fatḥ al-Hamadhānī*
The beneficial imam, Abū al-Fatḥ al-Hamadhānī, first resided in Herat and later in Balkh. Al-Samʿānī mentions him, saying: “He was versed in the routes of hadith transmission. He travelled widely, entered Baghdad, and heard from Abū al-Qāsim ibn Bayān, Ibn Nabhan, Ghānim al-Burjī, al-Ḥaddād, and many others.” He held a dictation circle in Balkh, and large numbers in Herat heard his recitations. He passed away in Balkh in Rabīʿ al-Awwal, 549 AH.
168 – ʿAlī ibn Ḥaydara ibn Jaʿfar, Abū Ṭālib al-Ḥusaynī**
Head of the Prophet’s descendants (naqīb al-ashrāf), Abū Ṭālib al-Ḥusaynī, the Damascene. He heard from Abū al-Qāsim ibn Abī al-ʿAlāʾ and the jurist Naṣr ibn Ibrāhīm. Those who narrated from him include Ibn ʿAsākir (2), his son, Abū al-Mawāhib ibn Ṣaṣrā, and his brother al-Ḥusayn.