Those who narrated from him include al-Qāsim ibn Abī Ṣāliḥ, Abū ʿImrān Mūsā ibn Saʿīd, and other early scholars.
Ṣāliḥ ibn Aḥmad (1) remarked: “The senior authorities took narration from him. I attended one of his sessions, yet I do not count that as transmission. He was reliable, truthful, a hadith master, outstanding, devout, and highly skilled in this field.”
I heard al-Qāsim ibn Abī Ṣāliḥ say: “I heard Zayd ibn Nashīṭ say, ‘I can liken this boy’s memorization only to that of the veteran shaykhs of old.’”
Abū Qaṭan said: “ʿAbd Allah was refined gold; in our town during his lifetime no one surpassed his powers of memory.”
Ṣāliḥ said: “He died in 315 AH, and I performed the funeral prayer over him—may Allah have mercy on him.”
I (the author) say: He passed away before his narrations could spread, so little of his work became well-known—may Allah have mercy on him.
- Al-Khaqānī, Abū Muzāḥim Mūsā ibn ʿUbayd Allah ibn Yaḥyā*
The imam, Qur’an reciter, and hadith scholar: Abū Muzāḥim Mūsā ibn ʿUbayd Allah ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khāqān al-Khaqānī, a hadith master from Baghdad, the son of a vizier (2) and the brother of a vizier (3).