—the Muṭṭalibī, the Meccan, and a cousin of Imām al-Shāfiʿī.

He transmitted ḥadith from al-Ḥārith ibn ʿUmayr, Ḥammād ibn Zayd, his maternal grandfather Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Shāfiʿ, al-Munkadir ibn Muḥammad, Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah, Dāwūd al-ʿAṭṭār, and others.

Those who narrated from him include Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad ibn Sayyār, Baqīʿ ibn Makhlad, Muṭayyin, Ibn Abī ʿĀṣim, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Rajāʾ, and many more; Muslim also cited him in works other than his Ṣaḥīḥ.

Al-Nasāʾī reports—through an unnamed intermediary—from him.

Al-Nasāʾī and al-Dāraquṭnī judged him “reliable (thiqah),” while Abū Ḥātim said, “truthful (ṣadūq).”

He died in 238 AH, though another opinion places his death in 237 AH.

70 – al-Khuzāʿī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Aḥmad ibn Naṣr ibn Mālik * (D)

The eminent imam and martyr, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Aḥmad ibn Naṣr ibn Mālik ibn al-Haytham al-Khuzāʿī—originally from Marw and later of Baghdad.

His grandfather had been one of the naqībs (senior representatives) of the early ʿAbbāsid movement. Aḥmad was known for enjoining what is right and for boldly speaking the truth.

He heard ḥadith from Mālik, Ḥammād ibn Zayd, Hushaym, Ibn ʿUyaynah, and others, though only a few reports are recorded from him.