And among us is Saʿid ibn Dawud ibn Abi Zanbar al-Zanbari, a direct disciple of Malik (1).
172 – Ibn Zuzan, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Antaki *
The ḥāfiẓ, scholar, and intrepid traveler, Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Yaʿqub ibn Zuzan al-Antaki. Ibn Makula wrote his grandfather’s name with two dotted letters.
He narrated from: Abū al-Walid ibn Burd; Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Kathir al-Suri; Abū Yazid al-Qaratisi; Abū ʿUlāthah Muhammad ibn ʿAmr; Bishr ibn Musa; and Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Raqqi.
I add: and from Zakariyya, “the Tailor of the Sunnah,” and their peers.
Those who transmitted from him include: Abū Ahmad Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Dahhan; Abū Muhammad ibn Dhakwan; Faraj ibn Ibrahim al-Nasibi; Abū al-Husayn ibn Jumayʿ; and several others.
Al-Amir said: He undertook journeys for hadith to Syria, Iraq, and Egypt (2).
I say: He passed away in the early 330s AH.
173 – al-Madaraʾi, ʿAli ibn Ishaq ibn al-Bakhtari **
The imam, hadith expert, and authoritative proof, Abū al-Hasan ʿAli ibn Ishaq ibn al-Bakhtari, a Basran known as al-Madaraʾi.
He narrated from ʿAli ibn Harb, Abū Qilabah al-Raqashi, Yusuf ibn Saʿid, and a host of others.