He was declared trustworthy by Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn and others (1). He served as qāḍī in Ḥimṣ, then in Ṭabaristān, and later in Mosul. A veritable reservoir of knowledge, he followed no one blindly.

Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmmār the ḥāfiẓ said: “In Mosul there was a church that had fallen into ruin. The Christians came to al-Ḥasan al-Ashayb and collected one hundred thousand dirhams, asking him to issue a ruling in their favor so it might be rebuilt. He replied, ‘Hand the money to one of the witnesses.’

When they gathered in the congregational mosque, he announced, ‘Bear witness that I have ruled that it is not to be rebuilt.’ The Christians stormed off, and he returned their money to them (2).

Abū Ḥātim said: Al-Ashayb died in Rayy, and I attended his funeral (3).

Ibn Saʿd said: He served as judge in Ḥimṣ and Mosul under Hārūn al-Rashīd. Later he came to Baghdad, until al-Maʾmūn appointed him qāḍī of Ṭabaristān. He set out for that post and died in Rayy in 209 AH, in Rabīʿ al-Awwal (4).

218 – Manṣūr ibn Salamah ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Ṣāliḥ al-Khuzaʿī * (Kh, M, S)
The ḥadith master, critic, and authoritative scholar, Abū Salamah al-Khuzaʿī, the Baghdadi.