He was thoroughly versed in hadith and transmitted it from Abū Muslim al-Kajjī and scholars of that circle. He draws upon those reports in his own writings. A man of worship and asceticism, he owned a village that met his needs, yet he still favored and supported students of knowledge. In spite of his theological innovation, he had many praiseworthy traits, and he produced works on jurisprudence, grammar, and kalām. His house in Baghdad was located in Sūq al-ʿAṭash (1). He never slackened in either study or devotion.

Among his books are: Transfer of the Quran, Consensus, Abridgment of the Tafsīr of Muḥammad ibn Jarīr, Assistance in Legal Theory, and other beneficial works (2).

He died in Shaʿbān of the year 326 AH.

82 – Yūsuf ibn Yaʿqūb ibn al-Ḥusayn, Abū Bakr al-Wāsiṭī* (3)
The imam and master reciter of Wāsiṭ, Abū Bakr al-Wāsiṭī al-Aṣamm, the principal imam of the central mosque. He read the Quran with Yaḥyā al-ʿUlāmī, who had read with Ḥammād ibn Shuʿayb, Abū Bakr ibn ʿAyyāsh, and ʿAlī ibn Shuʿayb ibn Ayyūb al-Ṣarīfinī. He occupied the teaching chair for many years, and students journeyed to him from afar. He also heard hadith from Muḥammad ibn Khālid al-Ṭaḥḥān.