As for the confusion in matters of transmission, most of his auditions were contingent on his brother, the scholar Abū al-Baqāʾ, who would read and dictate to him. Ibn al-Najjār reports that ʿUmar ibn al-Mubārak ibn Sahlān said:
“Abū al-Baqāʾ ibn Tabrazad was not reliable; he was a liar. He would insert people’s names into the booklets and then go and read to them. Our teacher ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (1), Muḥammad ibn Nāṣir, and others were aware of this.”
I add: Abū al-Baqāʾ lived for about forty years and died in 542 AH. Abū Ḥafṣ ibn Tabrazad died on the ninth of Rajab 607 AH and was buried at Bāb Ḥarb—may Allah pardon him. Despite the weakness we have pointed out, students flocked to him, his ḥadith spread far and wide, and the specialists rejoiced over his higher isnāds. In the next generation they crowded around his pupils, transmitted much from them, and thought well of him. The appointment is with Allah, and Ibn Nuqṭah even deemed him trustworthy.