al-Bakhtari; the ḥāfiẓ Hafs ibn ʿUmar al-Ardabili (1); Abu Saʿid ibn al-Aʿrabi; ʿAli ibn al-Fadl al-Balkhi, the ḥāfiẓ; Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Jurjani al-Bahri; and a great many others besides.
Al-Daraqutni said: “Reliable, though given to many mistakes, because he narrates from memory.”
Ahmad ibn Kamil the judge said: “It is reported that Abu Qilabah used to perform four hundred rakʿahs of prayer in every twenty-four hours.” He went on: “And it is said that he narrated sixty thousand hadiths from memory.”
Abu ʿUbayd al-Ajurri said: “I asked Abu Dawud about him. He replied, ‘Trustworthy, dependable; I have written hadith from him.’”
Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari said: “I have never seen anyone with a better memory than Abu Qilabah al-Raqashi.”
I say: He died in Shawwal of the year 276 AH.
ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad (2) the jurist informed us in his book; ʿUmar ibn Muhammad informed us; Hibat Allah ibn al-Husayn informed us; Abu Talib ibn Ghaylan informed us; Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah informed us; Abu Qilabah narrated to us in the year (276); Yaʿqub al-Hadrami and Saʿid ibn ʿAmir narrated to us and said:
Shuʿbah narrated to us from Sufyan (ḥ).
Abu Qilabah also narrated to us: Abu ʿAsim narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us from ʿAli ibn al-Aqmar,