al-Dubaythī (1) said: He alone transmitted the Ten Readings from Abū al-ʿIzz, and he claimed to relate certain anomalous readings. Because of that, people spoke about him and hesitated to accept those reports, although he was well-versed in the various modes of recitation.
I heard ʿAbd al-Muḥsin ibn Abī al-ʿAmīd the Ṣūfī say: “After Ibn al-Bāqillānī passed away, I saw in a dream as though someone were telling me, ‘Seventy of Allah’s saints have prayed over him.’ ”
Ibn Nuqtah (2) said: He transmitted Sunan Abī Dāwūd from al-Fāriqī, and his audition from him took place in the year 518 AH.
The ḥadith scholar Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Wāsiṭī said: Ibn al-Bāqillānī read to Abū al-ʿIzz the work al-Irshād (3) and other texts as well, for he used to visit him regularly.
Ibn al-Bāqillānī died on the last day of Rabīʿ al-Ākhir in 593 AH.
129 – al-Nawqānī, Abū al-Mafākhir Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿAlī ibn Abī Naṣr, the erudite scholar and mufti, Abū al-Mafākhir Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿAlī ibn Abī Naṣr.