130 – Abū Bakr al-Aṣam*
The leading teacher of the Muʿtazilites, Abū Bakr al-Aṣam. Thumāmah ibn Ashras used to praise him extravagantly and wax eloquent in describing him. He was devout, dignified, long-suffering in poverty, and kept his distance from the ruling authorities, although he did show a certain bias against Imām ʿAlī.
He died in 201 AH.
His works include: a Qurʾān commentary; The Createdness of the Qurʾān; Proof and the Messengers; Motions; Refutation of the Atheists; Refutation of the Magians; The Most Beautiful Names; The Splitting of the Ummah, and several other titles. He resided in Iraq.
131 – Rawḥ ibn ʿUbādah ibn al-ʿAlāʾ al-Qaysī al-Baṣrī ** (ʿA)
Rawḥ ibn ʿUbādah, son of Ḥassān ibn ʿAmr, was a ḥāfiẓ, reliable transmitter, and leading scholar. His kunya was Abū Muḥammad al-Qaysī al-Baṣrī, and he belonged to the tribe of Qays ibn Thaʿlabah.
He related ḥadith from: Ibn ʿAwn, Hishām ibn Ḥassān, Ashʿath ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Ḥumrānī, ʿAwf al-Aʿrābī, Ḥusayn al-Muʿallim, Usāmah ibn Zayd al-Madanī, Ismāʿīl ibn Muslim al-ʿAbdī, Ayman ibn Nābil, and Zakariyyā ibn—