and Sumayʿ, Yazid ibn ʿAbd al-Samad, ʿAmr ibn ʿUthman al-Himsi, his brother Yahya, Ibn ʿAbd al-Hakam, Yunus, al-Rabiʿ ibn Sulayman, al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar, and many others.

He then named those who transmitted from him. (1)

Musallam ibn ʿAllan informed us in his book, through al-Qasim ibn ʿAli ibn al-Hasan; my father reported to us; Hibat Allah ibn al-Akfani narrated to us; al-Kattani narrated to us; al-ʿAlaʾ ibn Hazm narrated to us; ʿAli ibn Baqāʾ narrated to us; ʿAbd al-Ghani ibn Saʿid said: I heard Abu al-Fadl Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad say: I heard Abu al-Hasan—meaning al-Daraqutni—say:

“The scholars of Kufa unanimously agree that, from the time of Ibn Masʿud up to the time of Ibn ʿUqdah, no one more accomplished in memorisation than Ibn ʿUqdah was ever seen.” (2)

ʿAbd al-Ghani added: “I also heard Abu Hammam Muhammad ibn Ibrahim say: ‘In Syria, Ibn Jawsa holds the same rank that Ibn ʿUqdah holds in Kufa.’” (3)

ʿAbd al-Ghani and Abu Saʿid ibn Yunus further remarked: “Men like these occupy comparable stations in their respective regions.”

Al-Hakim said: I heard al-Zubayr ibn ʿAbd al-Wahid say, “I have not noticed any slip on the part of Abu ʿAli al-Hafiz except his transmission from ʿAbd Allah ibn Wahb al-Dinawari and from Ahmad ibn Jawsa.”

I say: Ibn Jawsa surpasses al-Dinawari by a wide margin. (4)

Ibn Jawsa died in Jumada al-Ula of the year 320 AH.

The hadith of his that begins with the words “When the prayer is established” was conveyed to us by Ahmad ibn Hibat Allah ibn Taj al-Umanaʾ, who read it to me from ʿAbd al-Muʿizz ibn Muhammad, who told us that Tamim ibn Abi—