Aḥmad ibn Ḥafṣ—meaning the book al-Risālah (1). Abū ʿAbd Allāh died in Rajab of the year 263 AH. This was recorded by Abū ʿAmr al-Mustamlī.

His namesake:

240 – Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥafṣ ibn al-Zibriqān al-Bukhārī*
A client of the Banū ʿIjl, the foremost scholar of Transoxiana, and the shaykh of the Ḥanafīs, Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Bukhārī.

He acquired his fiqh from his celebrated father, the erudite Abū Ḥafṣ.

Abū ʿAbd Allāh Ibn Mandah said, “He was the scholar and shaykh of the people of Bukhārā.”

I heard Ibn al-Akhram say: I heard Aḥmad ibn Salamah say:

Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī was asked about the Qur’an, and he replied, “It is the speech of Allah.”

They said, “In whatever form it may be recited?”

He answered, “Does the Qur’an undergo variation on people’s tongues?”

When Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā was informed of this he said, “Whoever attends his gathering is not to come to mine.” He expelled a number of people, so al-Bukhārī left for Bukhārā.

Al-Dhuhalī wrote to Khālid, the governor of Bukhārā, and to its scholars concerning him. Khālid was about to act until Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥafṣ removed him to one of Bukhārā’s ribāṭs, where he remained until he wrote to the people of Samarqand requesting permission to come to them, but they refused. He died in a village.

Ibn Mandah said: “A copy of the book by Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Ḥafṣ, entitled al-Radd…"