he narrated from ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Hurmuz al-Aʿraj, Abu ʿUshana al-Maʿafiri (1), Yazid ibn Abi Habib, his father, and a number of others.
Transmitters from him include Ibn Wahb, Zayd ibn al-Hubab, Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman al-Muqri, and others.
Muslim and al-Nasaʾi relied on his narrations.
Abu Hatim said, “He is truthful, though not firm.”
He also said, “He is on a level with Ibn Lahiʿah.”
Abu Dawud and al-Nasaʾi said, “Weak.”
I say: His hadiths are of hasan rank.
He died in 170 AH.
Abu Hatim’s statement, “He is on a level with Ibn Lahiʿah,” actually raises Ibn Lahiʿah’s standing, for he is comparing him in weight to a shaykh whose reports Muslim accepted. There is no doubt that he is more reliable than Ibn Lahiʿah, even though Ibn Lahiʿah possesses greater knowledge in many matters.
- ʿAbd al-Hamid ibn Bahrām al-Fazari al-Madaʾini (T, Q)
A hadith scholar, the companion of Shahr ibn Hawshab.
He transmitted from Shahr an excellent collection, and also from ʿAsim al-Ahwal.
Among those who reported from him are Ibn al-Mubarak, Rawh ibn ʿUbadah, al-Firyabi, ʿAli ibn ʿAyyash, Abu Salih the Scribe, Saʿdawayh, Muhammad ibn Bakkar ibn al-Rayyan, Mansur ibn Abi Muzahim, and others.
Ahmad ibn Hanbal said, “His narrations from Shahr are comparable, amounting to seventy hadiths; he was—"