the chapters on Bequests and on Leadership. This material has been carefully collated and annotated in the manuscripts, bringing the total to thirty-seven separate entries.

He heard from Sufyan ibn Wakiʿ, ʿAmr ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Awdi, and a number of others in Iraq; from Muhammad ibn Muqatil al-Razi and Musa ibn Nasr in Rayy; from Muhammad ibn Abi ʿAbd al-Rahman al-Muqriʾ and his peers in Mecca; and from Muhammad ibn Rafiʿ and Muhammad ibn Aslam al-Tusi in his own town. He remained with Muslim for some time and excelled in the science of tradition.

Those who transmitted from him include: Ahmad ibn Harun the jurist, the judge ʿAbd al-Hamid ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman, Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Shuʿayb, Abu al-Fadl Muhammad ibn Ibrahim, Muhammad ibn ʿIsa ibn ʿAmruwayh al-Juludi, and many others.

Ibn Shuʿayb said, “Among our teachers none was more ascetic or more devoted in worship than Ibn Sufyan.”

Muhammad ibn Yazid al-ʿAdl said, “Ibn Sufyan’s supplications were answered.”

Al-Hakim said, “He was one of the tireless worshippers who constantly kept company with Muslim.”

He also said, “I heard Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Shuʿayb say: Ibn Sufyan passed away on Monday evening and was buried the same day, in Rajab of the year 308 AH.”

Abu al-Fadl ibn ʿAsakir informed us; Abu Ruh reported to us; Zahir informed us; Abu Saʿd al-Adib reported to us; Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim the jurist narrated to us; Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Sufyan narrated to us; Abu Saʿid al-Ashajj narrated to us; Yahya ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Abi Ghaniyyah narrated to us; my father narrated to me, from ʿAsim, from Zirr, from ʿAbd Allah, who said:

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Indeed, some poetry contains wisdom.” (1)

This report is gharīb—singular—transmitted solely through al-Ashajj, and he has also narrated