al-Dīnawarī.

It was also said that he was al-Marwazī, a scribe and a prolific author. He settled in Baghdad, where he wrote, compiled, and collected works, and his fame travelled far and wide.

He transmitted ḥadith from Isḥāq ibn Rāhwayh, Muḥammad ibn Ziyād ibn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Ziyādī, Ziyād ibn Yaḥyā al-Ḥassānī, Abū Ḥātim al-Sijistānī, and others.

Among those who narrated from him were his son, the judge Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh, while he was in Egypt; ʿUbayd Allāh al-Sukkari; ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn Bakr; ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jaʿfar ibn Durustawayh the grammarian; and many others.

Abū Bakr al-Khaṭīb said, “He was trustworthy, devout, and distinguished.” ⦗1⦘

His works include: Gharīb al-Qur’an (Uncommon Words in the Quran); Gharīb al-Ḥadīth (Uncommon Words in Hadith); Kitāb al-Maʿārif (Book of Knowledge); Mushkil al-Qur’an (Resolving Ambiguities in the Quran); Mushkil al-Ḥadīth (Resolving Ambiguities in Hadith); Adab al-Kātib (The Writer’s Etiquette); ʿUyūn al-Akhbār (Choice Reports); Ṭabaqāt al-Shuʿarāʾ (Classes of Poets); Iṣlāḥ al-Ghalat (Correcting Mistakes); Kitāb al-Faras (The Horse); Kitāb al-Hajw (Satire); Kitāb al-Masāʾil (Questions); Aʿlām al-Nubuwwa (Proofs of Prophethood); Kitāb al-Maysir (Gambling); Kitāb al-Ibil (The Camel); Kitāb al-Waḥsh (Wild Beasts); Kitāb al-Ruʾyā (Dreams); Kitāb al-Fiqh (Jurisprudence); Maʿānī al-Shiʿr (The Meanings of Poetry); Jāmiʿ al-Naḥw (Compendium of Grammar); Kitāb al-Ṣiyām (Fasting); Adab al-Qāḍī (Judicial Etiquette); al-Radd ʿalā man yaqūlu bi-khalq al-Qur’an (Refutation of Those Who Claim the Quran is Created); and Kitāb al-Iʿrāb (Parsing …).