—namely al-Mufīd of Hamadhān, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan. He heard ḥadīth from Abū al-Waqt (1) and al-Bāghabānī (2), and, while in Isfahān, from Abū Rashīd ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar and the ḥāfiẓ Abū Mūsā (3). He read extensively, collated the principal manuscripts, and mastered the foundational works. Abū al-Ḥasan ibn al-Qaṭīʿī (4) narrated from him. He died in early middle age in the year 605 AH.

3 – al-Khaṭībiyy, Abū Ḥanīfah Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī al-Iṣfahānī,

the jurist Abū Ḥanīfah Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī al-Iṣfahānī, known as al-Khaṭībiyy, a Ḥanafī.

He transmitted from his maternal grandfather Ḥamd ibn Ṣadaqah, from Abū Muṭīʿ al-Ṣaḥḥāf, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Mardawayh, Abū Muḥammad al-Dūnī, and Abū al-Fatḥ al-Ḥaddād.

He held several dictation sessions and taught in Isfahān, Mecca, and Baghdad.

Among those who narrated from him were Abū Ṭālib ibn ʿAbd al-Samīʿ, Imām al-Muwaffaq ibn Qudāmah, Ibn al-Akhḍar, Abū al-Qāsim ibn Ṣaṣrā, and others.

He came from a lineage renowned for learning and transmission.