“…‘Where to, O Abū ʿAbdillāh?’
He answered, ‘To the Tree of Ṭūbā, where we shall meet Abū Bakr al-Marwazī.’ (1)

Al-Khallāl said: Al-Marwazī was the foremost of Abū ʿAbdillāh’s companions and the most scrupulously pious among them.
He transmitted from Abū ʿAbdillāh a copious and fully-developed set of legal questions, surpassing the other students in the finer points of jurisprudence and in piety. He was the one who closed Abū ʿAbdillāh’s eyes and washed his body, and Abū ʿAbdillāh never preferred anyone over him.

Abū Bakr died in Jumādā al-Ūlā, in the year 275 AH.
He was an imam of the Sunnah, uncompromising in his adherence to it, and enjoyed astonishing prestige in Baghdad.

Ibrāhīm ibn Ismāʿīl al-Qurashī (2) related to us in his book, from Asʿad ibn Rūḥ and ʿĀʾisha bint Maʿmar, who said:
Saʿīd ibn Abī al-Rajāʾ informed us, Aḥmad ibn Maḥmūd informed us, Abū Bakr ibn al-Muqriʾ narrated to us, Muḥammad ibn Dubays in Baghdad narrated to us, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥajjāj al-Marwazī narrated to us, Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr al-Baṣrī narrated to us, Sallām narrated, from Thābit, from Anas, who said:

Allah, Exalted be He, revealed to Joseph:
“Joseph, who delivered you from death when your brothers resolved to kill you?”
He replied, “You did, my Lord.”
He said, “And who rescued you from the woman when you were about to succumb to her?”
He replied, “You did.”
He said, “Then why did you forget Me and mention a created being instead?”
He replied, “My Lord, it was only a word my tongue uttered and my heart accepted.”
He said, “By My might, I shall indeed confine you in prison for many years.”