he heard ḥadith from Abū Nuʿaym, Saʿīd ibn Abī Maryam, Sulaymān ibn Ḥarb, Abū al-Walīd, Abū Jaʿfar al-Nufaylī, ʿUmar ibn Marzūq, Yaḥyā ibn Bukayr, and Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn, from whom he also posed a set of useful questions.
He compiled large collections, authored several works, and travelled extensively in search of knowledge. Al-Khaṭīb declared him trustworthy and said, “He has books on asceticism and heart-softening teachings.”
I (the author) add: among those who narrated from him were Abū al-ʿAbbās ibn Masrūq, Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-Kawkabī, Abū Bakr al-Kharāʾiṭī al-Samarī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Adamī, and a number of others.
He remained alive until just before 270 AH. ⦗1⦘
252 – Ibn Abī Masarra, Abū Yaḥyā ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Makkī *
The imām, ḥadith scholar, and authoritative transmitter: Abū Yaḥyā ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn Abī Masarra al-Makkī.
He heard ḥadith from Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Muqriʾ, ʿUthmān ibn Yamān, Yaḥyā ibn Qaẓaʿah, al-Ḥumaydī, and several others.
Among those who transmitted from him are Abū al-Qāsim al-Baghawī, Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf al-ʿĀṣimī, Khaythamah ibn Sulaymān, Abū Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq al-Fākihī al-Makkī, and others.