He was born in 140 AH—or, some say, in 141.
I say: Abū Dāwūd transmitted from him, and also from a man who related on his authority (1).
Abū Ḥātim said, “I have never seen anyone more eloquent than he.”
Abū Ismāʿīl al-Tirmidhī said, “He narrated to us, and he was one of the finest of people.” (2)
Abū Ḥātim likewise remarked, “I have not seen anyone more eloquent than he, nor than Abū Mushir al-Ghassānī.”
Abū Zurʿah al-Naṣrī and al-Fasawī stated, “He died in 224 AH.” (3)
147 – Abū Hammām al-Dallāl Muḥammad ibn Muḥabbab * (D, S, Q)
The imām, the reliable authority, the ḥadith scholar; Abū Hammām al-Qurashī, from Basra, a slave-dealer.
He reported ḥadith from Sufyān al-Thawrī, Saʿīd ibn al-Sāʾib, Ibrāhīm ibn Ṭahmān, and Isrāʾīl ibn Yūnus.
Among those who narrated from him are: Rajāʾ ibn Murajjā; Aḥmad ibn Manṣūr al-Ramādī; Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Birtī (4), the judge; Abū Muslim al-Kajjī; Abū Khalīfah al-Faḍl ibn al-Ḥubāb; and others.