Among those who transmitted from him were Abu Bakr ibn al-Muqriʾ, Abu ʿAbd Allah ibn Manda, ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn ʿUmar ibn al-Nahhas, and others besides. He passed away in Rajab 340 AH. A number of his higher-level isnads have reached us through al-Khilaʿiyyat (1).

233 – Ibn Baluyah, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Jallab

The erudite, widely-beneficial imam, the prominent leader Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Baluyah al-Jallab al-Naysaburi was one of the notable figures of his city. His father took him on journeys, and he heard hadith from Muhammad ibn Ghalib Tamṭam, Muhammad ibn Ribh al-Bazzaz, Muhammad ibn Yunus al-Kudaymi, Bishr ibn Musa, and Musa ibn al-Hasan al-Julajili.

Among those who narrated from him were Abu ʿAli al-Hafiz, Ibn Manda, al-Hakim, and several others.

Al-Hakim said: I heard him relate, “Ibn Khuzaymah said to me, ‘News has reached me that you wrote down Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari’s Tafsir?’ I replied, ‘Yes, I wrote the entire work from dictation,’ so he borrowed it from me.”

Al-Hakim also said: I heard him say, “I transcribed three hundred fascicles from ʿAbd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal.”

Al-Hakim further stated: He died in Rajab 340 AH.