He was a repository of knowledge. He compiled a Musnad, a Qur’an commentary, and other works besides. He died in 291 AH, when he was in his eighties.
263 – Ibn ʿAbdūs, Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdūs al-Sulamī *
The imam, the authoritative proof, the ḥāfiẓ—Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdūs ibn Kāmil al-Sarrāj, al-Sulamī al-Baghdādī, a close companion of ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad.
It was also said that his father’s name was ʿAbd al-Jabbār and that the epithet “ʿAbdūs” belonged to him.
He studied under ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd, Aḥmad ibn Janāb, Dāwūd ibn ʿAmr al-Ḍabbī, Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah, and many others.
Those who transmitted from him include Jaʿfar al-Khuldī, Abū Bakr al-Najjād, Daʿlaj, al-Ṭabarānī, Ibn Māsī, and others.
Abū al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Munādī said, “He was counted among those distinguished for their memorization and fine grasp of hadith; people narrated from him in great numbers because of his reliability and precision. He was like a brother to ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal.”
He died at the end of Rajab—or the beginning of Shaʿbān—in 293 AH.
264 – ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā ibn Kathīr ibn Waslas al-Laythī **
The jurist, imam, and centenarian, Abū Marwān al-Laythī,