202 – Aḥmad ibn Ishkāb, Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥaḍramī * (Kh)
The ḥāfiẓ, Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥaḍramī, originally from Kūfa, a coppersmith (1) who later settled in Egypt.
It is said that his full name was Aḥmad ibn Maʿmar ibn Ishkāb.
Another opinion is that he was the son of ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Ishkāb.
He narrated from Sharik, ʿAbd al-Salām ibn Ḥarb, ʿAlī ibn ʿĀbis, and the other Kufan scholars.
Among those who transmitted from him were al-Bukhārī, Isḥāq ibn Ḥasan al-Taḥḥān al-Miṣrī, ʿAbbās al-Dūrī, Bakr ibn Sahl, al-Fasawī, Abū Ḥātim, and many others.
Abū Zurʿah said, “He was a man of hadith; I met him.” (2)
Abū Ḥātim said, “Reliable and trustworthy.” (3)
ʿAbbās said, “Yahyā ibn Maʿīn wrote from him extensively.” (4)
He died sometime around the year 218 AH.
203 – Khalaf ibn Hishām ibn Thaʿlab al-Baghdādī ** (M, D)
It was also said that his name was Ṭālib ibn Ghurāb—the imām, the ḥāfiẓ, the conclusive proof, the shaykh.