al-ʿAwwām al-Asadī—­a Zubayrite, a Medinan, and one of the leading imams.

He transmitted ḥadīths from Ibrāhīm ibn Saʿd, Yūsuf ibn al-Mājishūn, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī Ḥāzim, Ḥātim ibn Ismāʿīl, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Darāwardī, and others of their generation.

He did not live long enough to study with Mālik.

His kunya was Abū Isḥāq, and he ranked among the senior, firmly reliable imams of Medina.

Among those who narrated from him are al-Bukhārī, Abū Dāwūd, Ismāʿīl the judge, Muḥammad ibn Naṣr al-Ṣāʾigh, al-ʿAbbās ibn al-Faḍl al-Asfāṭī, Ḥammād ibn Isḥāq the judge, and others.

Abū Ḥātim said, “Truthful.”

Muḥammad ibn Saʿd said, “Reliable, truthful in (1) ḥadīth. He used to go often to al-Rabadhah (2) for trade, stay there, and return to Medina for the two ʿĪd prayers.”

Al-Bukhārī stated: “He died in 230 AH.” (May Allah have mercy on him.)

24 – Ḥājib ibn al-Walīd ibn Maymūn al-Baghdādī (M)

A ḥadīth scholar and imam, Abū Aḥmad al-Baghdādī, nicknamed al-Aʿwar (“the one-eyed”), the instructor.

He heard ḥadīths from Ḥafṣ ibn Maysarah in ʿAsqalān, Baqiyyah ibn al-Walīd in Ḥimṣ, al-Walīd ibn Muḥammad in al-Balqāʾ, and Muḥammad ibn Salamah in Ḥarrān.