He narrated from: Hārūn ibn Isḥāq, Muḥammad ibn Wazīr, Rusta (1), Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd al-Hamadhānī, Aḥmad ibn Budayl, Ḥumayd ibn Zanjūyah, and a number of others.

Among those who transmitted from him were al-Ḥasan ibn Yazīd ad-Daqqāq.

Ṣāliḥ ibn Aḥmad, the ḥāfiẓ (hadith master), also heard from him and said, “My father declared him reliable.”

He passed away in Ramaḍān, 317 AH.

Others who likewise reported from him include Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Rūzbih, Jibrīl al-ʿAdl, and others.

21 – Ibn ash-Sharqī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan an-Naysābūrī

The imam, erudite scholar, trustworthy authority, and ḥāfiẓ of Khurāsān: Abū Ḥāmid Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan an-Naysābūrī, known as Ibn ash-Sharqī (2), author of the Ṣaḥīḥ and student of Muslim.

Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥākim said, “He was unmatched in his era for memorization, precision, and expertise.”

He learned ḥadith from: Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā adh-Dhuhlī, ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān ibn Bishr ibn al-Ḥakam, Aḥmad ibn al-Azhar, Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf as-Sulamī, and Aḥmad ibn Ḥafṣ ibn ʿAbd