Al-Nasā’ī likewise declared him “reliable.” (1)

Abu Bakr al-Khaṭīb said, “Al-Ṣaghānī was among the most firmly grounded and exacting authorities, distinguished for his steadfastness in religion, his public adherence to the Sunnah, and the vast scope of his transmissions.” (2)

Aḥmad ibn Kāmil reported that he passed away on the seventh of Ṣafar, in the year 270 AH.

I add: his companion ʿAbbās al-Dūrī will be mentioned next.

225 – Muḥammad ibn ʿĀmir ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ashʿarī*

The Imam, the erudite scholar, Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ashʿarī—their client—of Isfahān.

He received hadith from his father, from Abū Dāwūd al-Ṭayālisī, and from Abū ʿUmar al-Jarmī the grammarian.

Those who transmitted from him include Ibn Abī Dāwūd, Ibn Abī Ḥātim, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā the Qur’an-reciter, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jaʿfar ibn Aḥmad ibn Fāris, and others.

He was one of the great repositories of knowledge and possessed singular narrations. His brother Ibrāhīm was likewise a scholar and predeceased him.

Ibn Abī Ḥātim said, “Muḥammad ibn ʿĀmir is truthful.” (3)

Abū Nuʿaym the ḥāfiẓ states in his History: “In the assembly of Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿĀmir, every branch of learning was discussed: jurisprudence, grammar, poetry, lexicography, and hadith.”