Al-Khaṭīb said, “He was trustworthy and perceptive.” (1)

Al-Khalīlī remarked, “He was renowned for the strength of his memory; the notes he dictated clearly displayed his precision and learning.” (2)

ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-Munʿim informed us; ʿAbd al-Ṣamad ibn Muḥammad, the judge, read it before us in person; ʿAlī ibn al-Musallam narrated to us; Ibn Ṭalāb narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ghassānī narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn Dāwūd in Baghdad narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr ibn al-Naḍr and Mūsā ibn Muḥammad both said:

Yahyā ibn Yahyā narrated to us; ʿAbbād ibn Kathīr reported from Sufyān, from Manṣūr, from ʿAlqamah, from ʿAbdullāh, who said:

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Seeking lawful earnings is an obligation after the [other] obligations.”

This report is singularly transmitted by ʿAbbād (3), and he is weak.

236 – al-Samarqandī, ʿUthmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad *

The shaykh and reliable ḥadith scholar, Abū ʿAmr ʿUthmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn ibn Wardān al-Samarqandī, later of Egypt, the cobbler.

He was born in 250 AH.