196 – al-Simsār, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar ibn Ḥafṣ *
The Imām, long-lived ascetic, and devout worshipper Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar ibn Ḥafṣ al-Naysābūrī, known as “al-Simsār.”
He heard ḥadith from Isḥāq ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Razīn, Sahl ibn ʿAmmār, and others.
Among those who narrated from him are Abū’l-Ḥusayn al-Ḥajjājī, Abū Isḥāq al-Muzakkī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mandah, and Abū Ṭāhir ibn Maḥmish.
Formerly he engaged in a lucrative business, but he abandoned it (1) and devoted himself to prayer, Qurʾān recitation, and attending funerals.
Al-Ḥākim praised him, saying, “He passed away in Shawwāl of 335 AH at the age of ninety-two. A multitude escorted his bier, like the crowd at the ʿĪd gathering.”

197 – al-Madāʾinī, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Ismāʿīl **
The traditionist Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Ismāʿīl al-Madāʾinī.
He narrated from Yazīd ibn Sinān al-Qazzāz; Zakariyyā ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khalād al-Sājī, a companion of al-Aṣmaʿī; Naṣr ibn Marzūq; and others.
Those who transmitted from him include Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mandah and Abū Zurʿa Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn.
Ibn al-Najjār mentioned him.