It is also said that his life was not long; he lived only thirty-six years.
May Allah curse brilliance that is devoid of faith, and may He be pleased with dull-wittedness that is coupled with piety.

32 – Ibn Ṭāhir, Abū Aḥmad ʿUbayd Allah ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Khuzaʿī *
The amir, Abū Aḥmad ʿUbayd Allah ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Khuzaʿī, belonged to a family of governorship and pre-eminence.
He assumed command of the Baghdad police as deputy for his brother, the amir Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allah; after his brother’s death he held the post in his own right.
He was a venerable leader, an accomplished poet, and an eloquent writer of prose.
Among his works are: The Pointer (al-Ishārah) on the Reports of the Poets; Leadership of Governance (Riʾāsat al-Siyāsah); Mastery in Eloquence (al-Barāʿah fī al-Faṣāḥah)(1); and other titles.
He died in Shawwāl of the year 300 AH, at the age of seventy-seven.

33 – Abū ʿUthmān al-Ḥīrī, Saʿīd ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Saʿīd **
The shaykh, the imam, the ḥadith master, the preacher, the exemplar, Shaykh al-Islām, the ustādh, Abū