Saʿīd al-Dārimī, ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Baghawī, Ismāʿīl Sammūyah, and many others.
Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-ʿIjlī said, “Reliable, upright, devout; he used to sell reed mats (1).”
Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī said, “He was among the most trustworthy companions of ʿAbd Allāh ibn Idrīs (2).”
Ibn Saʿd said, “He was one of the disciples of ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak.”
He died in Ramaḍān of the year 221 AH (3).
Some reported that he traded in wood and reeds (4).
He was one of the scholar-practitioners—may Allah have mercy on him—and counted among the senior teachers of Imam Muslim.
113 – al-Madāʾinī, Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh *
The erudite historian and ḥadīth master, the truthful Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Sayf al-Madāʾinī. He settled in Baghdad, authored numerous works, and was a marvel.