Among those who transmitted from him were al-Ḥāfiẓ ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm, Ibn ʿAbd al-Dāʾim, al-Fakhr ʿAlī, al-Kamāl Ibn al-Naṣībī, and others.

He passed away in Tayba (Medina) midway through Muḥarram of the year 618 AH.

109 – Ibn al-Ḥammāmī, Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd ibn Ibrāhīm *

The eminent imam, scrupulous hadith scholar, righteous preacher, Taqī al-Dīn Abū Jaʿfar—also known as Abū ʿAbd Allāh—Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Faraj al-Hamadānī, popularly called Ibn al-Ḥammāmī, (1)

He was born at the beginning of the year 548 AH.

In 552 AH he studied directly with Abū al-Waqt; he also received hadith from Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-ʿAṭṭār and Muḥammad ibn Bunaymān, and in Isfahan he met Abū Rashīd ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar.

While in Baghdad he heard narrations from Asʿad ibn Yaldaruk and Ibn Shātil; returning there shortly after 600 AH, he took more hadith from Ibn Sukaynah and several others.

He was the foremost hadith authority of his day in Hamadan and its leading figure.

Ibn al-Najjār said, “I attended one of his dictation gatherings; he enjoyed complete acceptance, widespread fame, and people sought blessings through him.

“He ranked among the great imams and preservers of hadith, fully versed in the jurisprudence, language, and transmitters of the traditions. He was eloquent, graceful in expression, precise in wording, and at the same time devout and ascetic. He commanded what is right, championed the sunnah, remained humble and amiable, easy-going, and generous.”

When the Tatars seized Hamadan in Jumada al-Ākhira of 618 AH, he went out to fight them with his son ʿUbayd Allāh, and both were martyred.