He narrated from: Muhammad ibn Ismaʿil as-Saʾigh, Bashir ibn Musa, Yahya ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Karabisi, Ibn ad-Durays, ʿAbd Allah ibn Ahmad, Muhammad ibn Salih al-Ashajj, and others of their rank.
Transmitters from him include: Salih ibn Ahmad, ʿAbd Allah ibn Abi Zurʿah al-Qazwini, and several others.
Salih said: “Trustworthy, truthful, meticulous—skilled in this field.”
Al-Khalili said: “A reliable scholar.”
Neither of them recorded the date of his death.
146 – Ibn Mammak, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Madani*
The imam, the scholar: Abu ʿAmr Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Hakim al-Madani, of Isfahan, known as Ibn Mammak—hadith teacher, great traveler, and reliable.
He heard in Rayy from: Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Wara, and Abu Hatim ar-Razi;
in Baghdad from: Yahya ibn Abi Talib and a group;
in Tripoli from: Ahmad ibn Abi al-Khanajir;
and in Aleppo from: Abu Usamah ʿAbd Allah.
Among those who narrated from him were: Abu ash-Shaikh, Abu ʿAbd Allah ibn Mandah, ʿAli ibn Milah al-Faradi, ʿAbd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Julah, Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Musa ibn Mardawayh, and others.
He was a learned, refined, and virtuous man, well-versed in hadith.⦗1⦘