Al-Sulamī, al-Mālinī, and Abū Ḥāzim al-ʿAbduwī transmitted it from Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Rāzī, who received it from al-Kattānī. He has a long biography in The History of Damascus (1).
208 – Abū Ḥanīfa Aḥmad ibn Dāʾūd al-Dīnawarī *
An eminent, multi-disciplinary scholar—Abū Ḥanīfa Aḥmad ibn Dāʾūd al-Dīnawarī, the grammarian, and a pupil of Ibn al-Sikkīt.
He was reliable, of wide intellectual range and far-reaching expertise. He authored works on grammar, lexicography, geometry, astronomy, time-calculation, and other subjects.
He died in Jumada al-Ūlā in the year 282 AH (2).
Among his writings are: the extensive compendium al-Nabāt (Plants), the book al-Anwāʾ (Weather Signs), and other works (3).
It was also said that he was among the leading Ḥanafīs.