- Bahz ibn Ḥakīm ibn Muʿāwiyah ibn Ḥaydah al-Qushayrī * (4)
The imām and ḥadīth scholar, Abū ʿAbd al-Malik al-Qushayrī of Basra.
He has a number of narrations from his father, his grandfather, and Zurārah ibn Awfā.
Those who narrated from him include the two Ḥammāds, Yaḥyā al-Qaṭṭān, Rūḥ, Abū Usāmah, Abū ʿĀṣim, al-Anṣārī, Makkī ibn Ibrāhīm, and many others.
He was declared trustworthy by Ibn Maʿīn, ʿAlī (ibn al-Madīnī), Abū Dāwūd, and al-Nasāʾī. Abū Dāwūd also said, “In my view he is a proof.”
Al-Bukhārī remarked, “There is disagreement over Bahz.” Al-Ḥākim commented, “That is an anomalous recension.” Ibn Ḥibbān said, “He makes many mistakes; he is someone about whom I seek Allah’s guidance.” Aḥmad ibn Bashīr stated, “I saw him playing chess.” Abū Ḥātim said, “He is not to be cited as evidence.” (1) Al-Khaṭīb added, “Al-Zuhrī narrated from him.”
I (the author) say: He died sometime before 150 AH.
- Ḥātim ibn Abī Ṣaghīrah, Abū Yūnus al-Qushayrī ** (ʿ)
The imām and truthful narrator, Abū Yūnus al-Qushayrī—their client—of Basra; one of the distinguished elders.
He narrated from ʿAṭāʾ ibn Abī Rabāḥ, Ibn Abī Mulaykah, and their contemporaries.