Ibn Yūnus said: “He was thoroughly versed in the history of Egypt and in the obituaries of its scholars, a ḥadith memoriser who related material that could not be found with anyone else.”

Ibn Abī Ḥātim stated: “I wrote down traditions from him, my father did as well, and some people criticised him (1).”

I say: This is an unspecified criticism, and a scholar of his stature is not to be set aside on the basis of it.

Ibn Yūnus also reported: “He died in Dhū al-Qaʿdah of the year 282 AH.”

172 – Ibrāhīm ibn Naṣr ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Rāzī *

The ḥadith master, Imām, precisionist; Abū Isḥāq al-Rāzī, the muhaddith of Nahāwand.

He narrated from: Abū Nuʿaym, ʿAmr ibn Marzūq, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Rajāʾ, Ḥajjāj ibn Minhāl, Abū al-Walīd, Abū Ḥudhayfah, al-Tabudhaki, and many others.

Reported from him were: Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aws, al-Qāsim ibn Abī Ṣāliḥ, and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ḥamdān.

Jaʿfar ibn Aḥmad said: “I asked Abū Ḥātim about Ibrāhīm ibn Naṣr. He said: ‘He used to attend with us at Abū Salamah’s gathering in Baṣrah, and he traded in written leaves (used to copy out notebooks).’”

It was also said that because of his long residence in Baṣrah he opened a shop there. He compiled a Musnad, then came to Hamadhān and taught there. He was highly regarded and possessed elevated isnāds.

He died sometime in the 280s AH.