and Abū Ghassān narrated to us—some said he is indeed the same man, others identified him as Marrār ibn Ḥammūyah, while still others said he was Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-Bīkandī.
ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan al-Darābjirdī remarked, “In my view Abū Aḥmad is reliable and trustworthy.” (1)
232 – al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Maʿshar Najīḥ al-Sindi,
originally from Medina and later a resident of Baghdad.
He narrated from: Wakīʿ ibn al-Jarrāḥ and Muḥammad ibn Rabīʿah al-Kilābī.
Those who narrated from him include: Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ḥakīmī, Ismāʿīl al-Ṣaffār, ʿUthmān ibn al-Sammāk, and a number of others.
Abū al-Ḥusayn al-Munādī said, “He reported from Wakīʿ, but he was not reliable, so people abandoned his narrations.” (2)
He and Abū ʿAwf al-Buzūrī died on the same day, in the month of Rajab, 275 AH.
His father:
233 – Muḥammad ibn Abī Maʿshar al-Madani (d.)
He is the long-lived ḥadith scholar, Abū ʿAbd al-Malik Muḥammad ibn Abī Maʿshar