Al-Muʾammal ibn Muḥammad—and a number of others, by authorization—told us, saying:
Al-Kindī informed us; al-Qazzāz informed us; Abū Bakr al-Khaṭīb informed us; Abū Ṭālib Yaḥyā ibn ʿAlī al-Daskarī in Hulwān narrated to us; he said, “I heard al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd ibn ʿIṣmah al-Bukhārī say, ‘I heard al-Faḍl ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Harawī say, “I heard ʿĀṣim al-Marwazī say, ‘I heard ʿAmr ibn ʿAlī state:
“The annual revenue of ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Majīd was between 40,000 and 50,000. Yet, when each year came to an end he had not kept a single coin of it; he would spend it all on the people of hadith.”’”’ (1)
Through the same isnād up to al-Khaṭīb: al-Ḥusayn al-Ṣaymarī told us; al-Marzubānī reported to us; al-Ṣūlī informed me; Yamūt ibn al-Muzarraʿ related to us; al-Jāḥiẓ narrated:
Al-Naẓẓām—speaking of ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Thaqafī—said, “By Allah, he is sweeter than safety after fear, health after sickness, plenty after drought, wealth after poverty, obedience to the beloved, relief for the distressed, and a ceaseless union accompanied by the bliss of youth.” (2)
Muḥammad ibn Saʿd said, “He was trustworthy, though he had some weakness; he died in 194 AH.” (3)
Abū Dāwūd remarked, “He became confused.”
Al-ʿUqaylī said, “He became confused at the end of his life.”
I say: His lapse did him no harm, for during the period of his confusion he transmitted nothing at all.