Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Muhraz related—on the authority of Yahya b. Maʿin—that he said: “He is trustworthy; there is nothing objectionable about him.” (1)

Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Rawwas reported: “I heard Mahmud b. Khidash say, ‘I have never in my life sold anything, nor have I ever purchased anything.’” (2)

Al-Sarrāj observed: “It would appear that he was born in 160 AH.”

Yaʿqub al-Dawraqī said: “I was among those who washed his body. Later I saw him in a dream and asked, ‘O Abu Muhammad, how has your Lord treated you?’ He replied, ‘He has forgiven me—and all who followed me.’ I said, ‘I am one of your followers.’ Thereupon he took a slip of paper from his sleeve on which was written: Yaʿqub b. Ibrahim b. Kathir.” (3)

Al-Sarrāj further stated: “He died in 250 AH.”

I say: one of his narrations is transmitted with a notably short chain in the collection of Sibt al-Silafi. (4)

Al-Abarquhi informed us; Abu al-Mahasin al-Bayyiʿ informed us; Muhammad b. ʿAbd al-ʿAziz informed us; al-ʿAsimi informed us; Ibn Mahdi informed us; the Mahamili narrated to us; Mahmud b. Khidash narrated to us; Hushaym narrated to us; Mansur reported from al-Hasan, and Abu Bishr from Saʿid b. Jubayr, concerning the Almighty’s words: “So if you are in doubt about what We have revealed to you…”