An Enumeration of His Teachers and Companions

In Bukhara, before he set out on his journeys, he heard hadith from: his patron, ʿAbd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Jaʿfar ibn al-Yaman al-Juʿfi, known as al-Musnadi; from Muhammad ibn Salam (1) al-Bikandi; and from a number of others who were not counted among his principal teachers.

He next heard in Balkh from: Makki ibn Ibrahim, one of the senior authorities who afforded him lofty chains of transmission.

In Merv he heard from: ʿAbdan ibn ʿUthman, ʿAli ibn al-Hasan ibn Shaqiq, Sadaqah ibn al-Fadl, and others.

In Nishapur he heard from: Yahya ibn Yahya and several more.

In Rayy: Ibrahim ibn Musa.

In Baghdad—when he first entered Iraq toward the end of 210 AH—he heard from: Muhammad ibn ʿIsa ibn al-Tabbaʿ, Suraij ibn al-Nuʿman, Muhammad ibn Sabiq, and ʿAffan.

In Basra he heard from: Abu ʿAsim al-Nabil, al-Ansari, ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Hammad al-Shuʿaithi, the companion of Ibn ʿAwn, as well as from Muhammad ibn ʿArʿarah, Hajjaj ibn Minhal, Badal ibn al-Muhabbar, ʿAbd Allah ibn Rajaʾ, and many others.

And in Kufa he heard from: ʿUbayd Allah ibn Musa, Abu Nuʿaym, Khalid ibn Makhlad, Talq ibn Ghannam, and Khalid ibn Yazid al-Muqriʾ, who had recited the Qur’an to Hamzah.