11 – Abū ʿUmayr ibn al-Naḥḥās, ʿĪsā ibn Muḥammad* (D, S)

The eminent imam, ḥadith master, devoted worshipper, and exemplar: Abū ʿUmayr ʿĪsā ibn Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq ibn al-Naḥḥās al-Ramlī.

He heard ḥadith from al-Walīd ibn Muslim when the latter came to Ramla, Ḍamra ibn Rabīʿa, Ayyūb ibn Suwayd, Zayd ibn Abī al-Zarqāʾ, and a number of others.

Among those who reported from him were Abū Dāwūd, al-Nasāʾī, and Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn—despite his seniority, he praised him, saying, “Reliable; among the people most proficient in the narrations of Ḍamra.” Others who transmitted from him include Abū Zurʿa al-Rāzī, Abū Ḥātim, Jaʿfar al-Firyābī, ʿUmar ibn Muḥammad ibn Bujayr (1), Abū Bakr ibn Abī Dāwūd, Ibn Jawṣā, and many others.

Abū al-Ḥasan Ibn Jawṣā said, “I heard Abū ʿUmayr say: ‘Al-Walīd came to us in the year 194 AH. My father borrowed some dinars for him, and he set out from Ramla for the pilgrimage. On his return from the ḥajj he died at Dhū al-Marwa (2). My father then travelled to Damascus, the house of al-Walīd was sold, and he settled his debt.’”

Abū Zurʿa said, “Abū ʿUmayr al-Ramlī narrated to us, and he was trustworthy, acceptable” (3).

Abū Ḥātim said, “He was one of the devoted worshippers, pursuing knowledge with nothing on his back but a patched cloak.”