I also went to Khalaf ibn Khalifah; he spoke, but I could not understand a word of it, for his whole body was trembling with old age.

I recorded from Abu Nuʿaym in the year 185 AH.

I copied about ten thousand narrations from Ibn Mahdi.

We wrote down Ghundar’s hadith ʿalā al-wajh (verbatim); he gave us the notebooks, and we would copy from them.

ʿAbd Allah said: I heard my father say:

“I heard from ʿAbbad ibn ʿAbbad in the year 180 AH, and from al-Tufawi in the year 181 AH.

I wrote down five hadiths from Mubashshir al-Halabi in the mosque of Aleppo; we had set out for Tarsus on foot.

I have transmitted a great deal from ʿUmar ibn Harun, yet I do not relate anything from him.”

ʿAbd Allah ibn Ahmad said: My father narrated to us, “I heard Ishaq ibn Rahwayh mention ʿIsa ibn Yunus.”

Al-Khallal relates: ʿIsmah informed us; Hanbal narrated to us: I heard Ahmad say, “I heard from Ibrahim ibn Saʿd in the year 182 AH.”

ʿAbd Allah ibn Ahmad also reported that my father said:

“I was present with Ibrahim ibn Saʿd when a man from Madinat Abi Jaʿfar came to him and said, ‘Abu Ishaq (1), relate something to me.’ He replied, ‘How can I narrate to you while this man is here?’—meaning me. Feeling embarrassed, I stood up and withdrew.

I likewise heard my father say: Umm ʿUmar, daughter of Hassan, narrated to us from her father, who said: ‘I entered the mosque and found ʿAli ibn Abi Talib on the pulpit, saying: “The likeness of me…”’”