—son of Mufaḍḍal ibn Saʿīd, descendant of the imam ʿĀmir ibn Sharāḥīl al-Shaʿbī of Kūfah, and later known as al-Janadī.

He transmitted ḥadith from: al-Ṣāmit ibn Muʿādh al-Jandī, Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿUmar al-ʿAdanī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Shāfiʿī, Abū Ḥumah Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, and Salamah ibn Shabīb.

He also conveyed the Qur’anic readings, taking them from a number of authorities such as al-Bazzī and others.

Among those who received knowledge from him were: Abū Bakr ibn Mujāhid and ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn Abī Hāshim; narrations from him were likewise carried by Abū al-Qāsim al-Ṭabarānī, Abū Ḥātim al-Bustī, Abū Bakr ibn al-Muqriʾ, Abū Jaʿfar al-ʿUqaylī, and many more.

Al-ʿUqaylī said, “When I reached Mecca, Abū Saʿīd al-Janadī had a study circle in the Sacred Mosque.”

The ḥāfiẓ Abū ʿAlī al-Naysābūrī declared him reliable. Abū al-Qāsim ibn Manda stated that he died in 308 AH.

164 – Al-Farghānī, Abū al-ʿAbbās Ḥājib ibn Mālik ibn Arkīn *
The hadith scholar, deemed trustworthy—Abū al-ʿAbbās Ḥājib ibn Mālik ibn Arkīn, the blind Turk from Farghāna, resident of Damascus.