He also wrote a book entitled Aḥkām al-Qurʾān (Legal Rulings of the Qur’an)—al-Rahāwī said, “No one had ever preceded him with anything comparable to it.” In addition, he authored Sharaf al-Nubuwwa (The Nobility of Prophethood) and al-Īmān (Faith). His grandchildren and later descendants included several foremost scholars.
294 – Aḥmad ibn Najda ibn al-ʿAryān, Abū al-Faḍl al-Harawī *
The ḥadith scholar and exemplar, Abū al-Faḍl al-Harawī.
He travelled in search of knowledge, settled for a time near the Sacred Precinct, and heard ḥadith from Saʿīd ibn Manṣūr, Saʿīd ibn Sulaymān al-Wāsiṭī, and a number of others.
Those who narrated from him include Abū Isḥāq al-Bazzār, Abū Muḥammad al-Mughaffalī, and others. He was counted among the reliable authorities.
He died in Herat in 296 AH, at a venerable age.
He was the brother of Muʿādh ibn Najda—who transmitted from Qabīṣa and his contemporaries—and Muʿādh passed away in 282 AH.
295 – al-Ṭahmānī, Abū al-ʿAbbās ʿĪsā ibn Muḥammad **
The erudite scholar and master of philology, Abū al-ʿAbbās ʿĪsā ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭahmānī al-Marwazī, the scribe.
He heard ḥadith from Isḥāq ibn Rāhwayh, ʿAlī ibn Ḥujr, and a company of other teachers.
Among those who transmitted from him were Aḥmad ibn al-Khaḍir, Yaḥyā ibn Muḥammad al-ʿAnbarī, and ʿUmar ibn ʿAllak.