and Egypt, and the Ḥijāz. (1)
Ibn Ziyād al-Naysābūrī said, “Abū Mūsā al-Tarsūsī related to me at the funeral of Ibrāhīm ibn Hāniʾ: ‘I heard Ibn Zanjūyah say that Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal remarked, If there is in Baghdad anyone from among the abdāl, it is Abū Isḥāq al-Naysābūrī.’ (2)
Al-Khallāl reports: Ibn Hārūn narrated to us; Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Hāniʾ narrated, saying, ‘Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal was hiding with us here, and he said to me, “I cannot endure what your father endures of worship.”’ (3)
It is also related from Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal that he said, “Abū Isḥāq al-Naysābūrī is trustworthy.”
Al-Dāraqutnī said, “Trustworthy and virtuous.”
Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal used to visit him, honor him, and revere him.
Abū Bakr ibn Ziyād said, “I was present with Ibrāhīm ibn Hāniʾ at the time of his death. He said, ‘I am thirsty,’ so his son brought him some water. He asked, ‘Has the sun set?’ The son replied, ‘No.’ He therefore put the water aside and recited, ‘For the like of this let the workers strive’ (Q 37:61), and then he passed away. (4)
Abū al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Munādī said, ‘He died in Rabīʿ al-Ākhir, in the year 265 AH.’