and Abū al-Ḥasan al-Qaṭīʿī, together with others.
By written authorisation, Abū al-Ḥasan ibn al-Muqayyar also transmitted from him.

Al-Samʿānī said: “A righteous shaykh who earned his own livelihood. He was born in the year 477 AH and died in Muḥarram 551 AH.” Such is the dating Al-Samʿānī recorded.

Al-Qaṭīʿī objected: “That is a mistake, for he granted an ijāza (teaching authorisation) in Dhū al-Qaʿda of that same year, and Abū Muḥammad ibn al-Khashshāb read a fascicle to him in Rabīʿ al-Awwal of the year.”

I say: The apparent date of his death is Muḥarram 552 AH. (1)

217 – Al-Ghaznawī, Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn*
The celebrated preacher and benefactor, Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Ghaznawī.

He auditioned ḥadith in Ghazna—the correct account—from Ḥamza al-Qāʾinī, who himself had heard them from Saʿīd al-ʿAyyār.
In Baghdad he heard from Abū Saʿd al-Ṭuyūrī and others.
He also had his long-lived son Aḥmad audition the Jāmiʿ of Abū ʿĪsā through al-Karūkhī. (2)

Ibn al-Jawzī (3) said: “His delivery was graceful and his movements refined. The caliph’s wife (4) built a ribāṭ (hospice for spiritual retreat) for him, and because of the Persians’ affection he enjoyed immense prestige. The sultan and the emirs would visit him; many dignitaries flocked to his gatherings; he won over groups with his largesse and gifts. Yet his memorisation was scant, and a number of Qurʾān-reciters told me that he would fix for them what—"