He studied under Yūsuf al-Qāḍī, Muṭayyin, Abū Khalīfa, and others of their peers, and he died while still a young man.

Those who narrated from him include his companion Abū Shaykh, a transmitter of the same generation who merely outlived him, for he passed away in 304 AH.

323 – al-Qāḍī al-Khayyāṭ Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Marwazī

The Imām, ḥadīth scholar, ḥāfiẓ, judge, and man of scrupulous piety, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Marwazī, counted among the distinguished notables and awliyāʾ.

He was known as “the Tailor” because he would sew garments for orphans and the destitute as a voluntary act of charity.

He was born in the mid-230s AH.

He heard ḥadīth from ʿAlī ibn Khushram, Maḥmūd ibn Ādam, Aḥmad ibn Sayyār the ḥāfiẓ, and many others besides.

When asked to transmit, he would relate only a few reports during scholarly review sessions.

He was appointed Chief Judge of Nishapur in 308 AH and served until he requested to be relieved in 311 AH, returning the writ of office to the vizier Abū al-Faḍl al-Balʿamī. Throughout his tenure he never accepted so much as a drink of water from anyone, nor was a single misstep recorded against him.

Even while serving as judge he never neglected attending ḥadīth auditions and would sit in the circle of Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Sarrāj.

Al-Ḥākim extolled him highly, saying, “I heard Abū al-Walīd the jurist relate: ‘I once passed, together with Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ṣabbāgh, by the mosque of Rajāʾ, and al-Qāḍī al-Khayyāṭ…’”