Al-Daraqutni said, “He is reliable.”
I (the author) add: he died in Egypt in the year ten and three hundred (310 AH).
His narrations circulate together with the transcript of Abu Mushir and in other collections.
148 – al-Saqaṭī, Abu Hafs ʿUmar ibn Ayyub ibn Ismaʿil
The meticulous imam and righteous man, Abu Hafs ʿUmar ibn Ayyub ibn Ismaʿil al-Baghdadi al-Saqaṭī.
He heard hadith from Bishr ibn al-Walid, Muhammad ibn Bakkar ibn al-Rayyan, Suraij ibn Yunus, and several others.
Those who narrated from him include Abu ʿAli ibn al-Sawwaf, ʿAbd al-ʿAziz ibn al-Khirqi, ʿAli ibn Luʾluʾ, Muhammad ibn Khalaf ibn Jiyyan—spelled with a jīm (1)—and others.
Al-Daraqutni declared him trustworthy.
He died in the year three and three hundred (303 AH).
149 – Ibn al-Dirafs (2), Muhammad ibn al-ʿAbbas al-Ghassani
The righteous, truthful imam, Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman Muhammad ibn al-ʿAbbas ibn