say, “Not a single report has been established as sound for him, and yet he has closed his door—what if something really had been verified for him?”

Sulaymān al-Kaysānī related: I heard ʿAlī ibn Maʿbad say:

“On one occasion al-Maʾmūn said to me, ‘If you have a righteous brother, seek his assistance just as I have sought the help of this brother of mine.’

I replied, ‘Commander of the Faithful, I possess a special privilege.’

He asked, ‘And what is that?’

I said, ‘That I attended hadith sessions with you, listening to Abu Bakr ibn ʿAyyāsh and ʿĪsā ibn Yūnus.’

He asked, ‘Where did you attend?’

I answered, ‘In the palace of al-Rashīd.’

He said, ‘And how did you gain entrance?’

I replied, ‘Through my father.’

He asked, ‘Who is your father?’

I said, ‘Maʿbad ibn Shaddād.’

Al-Maʾmūn lowered his head for a moment, then said, ‘He showed us complete obedience; why do you not be like him?’”

Abū Ḥātim said: He is trustworthy.⦗1⦘

Ibn Yūnus said: His kunya is Abū Muḥammad; he was originally from Marw. He came to Egypt with his father Maʿbad and, in jurisprudence, followed the school of Abū Ḥanīfah. He transmitted from Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan both al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr and al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr. He died in Egypt with ten nights remaining of Ramaḍān in the year 218 AH.⦗2⦘

As for:

220 – ʿAlī ibn Maʿbad ibn Nūḥ, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Baghdādī *
The imām and ḥāfiẓ, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Baghdādī, later known as “the younger Egyptian.”