He was reliable, humble, devout, and of sound creed; Ibn ʿAsakir and others praised him. He passed away in Shawwal of 560 AH and was buried in the burial ground of the Sufis.

That same year, in Baghdad, the master of medicine, prolific author, and court physician Amin al-Dawla Hibat Allah ibn Saʿid Ibn al-Tilmidh—the wretched Christian (1)—also died. He had served as a priest for the Christians and lived to the age of ninety-four.

281 – al-ʿAlawi, Abu Talib Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad *

The noble sayyid, Abu Talib Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn ʿAli ibn Abi Zayd al-ʿAlawi al-Hasani al-Basri, was the naqib of the Talibid family in his hometown.

He studied under Abu ʿAli ʿAli ibn Ahmad al-Tustari and transmitted from him the Sunan of Abu Dawud, having personally heard the first fascicle and received authorization for the remainder of the work—unless he had in fact heard it all.
He also received hadith from Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad al-ʿAbbadani, Abu ʿUmar al-Hasan ibn Ghassan al-Nahwi, and Muhammad ibn ʿAli al-Muʾaddib ibn al-ʿAllaf.

Al-Samʿani said: “He came to Baghdad a number of times, and I traveled with him down to Basra. He was witty and naturally refined. Our Basran colleagues used to say that he lied profusely and brazenly in the reports he passed on to people.”

Ibn Nuqta said: “He arrived in Baghdad in 555 AH and there narrated the Sunan of Abu—”