Abū Ḥātim said, “He was trustworthy, a frontier combatant (1).”
Abū Dāwūd added, “He was one of the bravest of people (2).”
Mūsā ibn Hārūn stated, “He never used dye, and he passed away while on his way to Tarsus, in the month of Rabīʿ al-Awwal, in the year 230 AH (3).”
I read to ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad al-ʿAlawī, who reported to us: Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad informed us; Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Mujallid informed us; Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad informed us; Abū Ṭāhir al-Mukhlis narrated to us; ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn Abī Samīnah narrated to us; Ibn ʿUlayyah narrated to us, from Saʿīd ibn Yazīd, who said:
“I asked Anas—may Allah be pleased with him—‘Did the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, ever pray wearing his sandals?’ He replied, ‘Yes.’ (4)”
This ḥadīth has a sound chain of transmission and is of a high rank.
With Allah’s help and His enabling grace, the tenth volume of Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ is now complete; next comes volume eleven, beginning with the biography of al-Ḥakam ibn Mūsā al-Baghdādī.