—traced back to the Prophet: “Do not call grapes karm, for karm is the Muslim man.” It is a singular report (1).

272 – The judge Abū Ḥāzim ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Sakūnī
A jurist of distinction, the erudite scholar, Chief Judge, Abū Ḥāzim ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Sakūnī, first of Basra and later of Baghdad, a Ḥanafī.

He transmitted hadith from Muḥammad ibn Bashshār, Muḥammad ibn al-Muthannā, Shuʿayb ibn Ayyūb, and others.

Narrators from him include Mukram ibn Aḥmad and Abū Muḥammad ibn Zabr.

He was trustworthy, devout, scrupulously pious, and learned—more proficient than anyone in drafting court minutes and official registers, well-versed in algebra, an expert in the laws of inheritance, intelligent, and of consummate judgment.

He studied under Hilāl al-Raʾy, Bakr al-ʿAmmī, Maḥmūd al-Anṣārī, and other jurists among the disciples of Muḥammad ibn Shujāʿ and others besides.

He excelled in the school (2) to such a degree that he was preferred over his own teachers, and he became proverbial for keen intellect.