the residents of the town—namely, the city of Jayy. (1)

Muḥammad died in 262 AH.

I read to Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Munʿim al-Muʿammar; on the authority of Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, who said: Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥaddād informed us in person; Abū Nuʿaym informed us; ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jaʿfar narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn ʿĀṣim narrated to us; Abū Usāmah narrated to us, from ʿUbayd Allāh, from Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, that he considered it disliked to touch the Prophet’s grave (2)—may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

We have heard Muḥammad ibn ʿĀṣim’s fascicle with an unbroken chain.

162 – Usayd ibn ʿĀṣim al-Thaqafī, Abū al-Ḥusayn *

The ḥāfiẓ, eminent hadith scholar, and imam, Abū al-Ḥusayn; he was younger than his brother Muḥammad.

He heard hadith from: Saʿīd ibn ʿĀmir al-Ḍubāʿī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Bakr al-Sahmī, Bishr ibn ʿUmar al-Zahrānī, Bakr ibn Bakkār, ʿĀmir ibn Ibrāhīm, al-Ḥusayn ibn Ḥafṣ, and others of their rank, and he compiled a Musnad.

Those who narrated from him include: Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm and Muḥammad ibn Ḥayyawayh.