I heard Muḥammad ibn al-Muʾammal say, “We used to remark: There is no city left on earth that al-Faḍl has not entered in pursuit of ḥadith—save al-Andalus.”

I heard Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-ʿAtakī, who heard al-Faḍl al-Shaʿrānī, who in turn heard Yaḥyā ibn Aktham, say:
“Whoever claims, ‘The Qur’an is created,’ is to be summoned to repent; if he repents, so be it, but if not, his neck is to be struck.”

Ibn al-Akhram said: Ibn Khuzaymah used to undertake the selection of (ḥadith) for al-Faḍl ibn Muḥammad.

Masʿūd al-Sijzī said: I asked al-Ḥākim about al-Faḍl ibn Muḥammad, and he replied, “Trustworthy, reliable; no criticism of his ḥadith has ever been proven.” (1)

As for al-Ḥusayn al-Qabbānī, he accused him of lying—an accusation in which he went to extremes.

148 – al-Dārimī, ʿUthmān ibn Saʿīd ibn Khālid ibn Saʿīd*

The Imām, the erudite scholar, the ḥadith master, the critic, the shaykh of those lands: Abū Saʿīd al-Tamīmī, al-Dārimī, al-Sijistānī, author of the large Musnad and other works.

He was born a little before 200 AH and journeyed through the provinces in search of ḥadith.

He heard (ḥadith) from Abū al-Yamān, Yaḥyā ibn Ṣāliḥ al-Wuḥāḍī, and Saʿīd ibn Abī—