185 – al-Ruṭabī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Salāmah

The eminent shaykh, trustworthy and senior transmitter of hadith, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Salāmah ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Makhlad al-Karkhī—originally from Karkh Jaddān, not Karkh Baghdad—later known as al-Baghdādī and called Ibn al-Ruṭabī. He was the nephew of the judge Aḥmad ibn Salāmah ibn al-Ruṭabī⦗1⦘.

He was born in 468 AH.

He heard hadith from Abū al-Qāsim ibn al-Busrī, Abū Naṣr al-Zaynabī, ʿĀṣim ibn al-Ḥasan, and many others.

Of pleasing character, he preferred to remain at home.

Those who narrated from him include al-Samʿānī, ʿAbd al-Khāliq ibn Asad, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Akhḍar, ʿUmar ibn Aḥmad ibn Bakrūn, Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ṭarrāḥ, Dāwūd ibn Milāʿib, and others.

He died in Shawwāl 551 AH.

Ibn al-Najjār said: He acted as deputy in the ḥisbah (market and morals inspectorate) on behalf of his uncle Aḥmad. He was chaste, devout, and of fine conduct, and he served as a witness before the Chief Judge ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Zaynabī⦗2⦘.