Abu ʿAbd Allah al-Hakim said, “He is someone who relates astonishing things from reliable transmitters.” (1)
Al-Khatib said, “He is not to be relied upon as evidence.” (2)
I say: He compiled a Musnad for the Imam Abu Hanifah (3) and labored hard over it, yet it contains isolated reports the Imam never uttered, which nonetheless gained currency with Abu Muhammad.
He also wrote a book entitled “They Are the Group Who Wronged Abu Hanifah,” but I have not seen it.
He was the senior shaykh of the madhhab in Transoxiana.
He died in Shawwal of the year 340 AH.
Abu al-Fadl ibn Qudamah informed us; Mahmud ibn Ibrahim narrated to us; Abu al-Khair al-Baghban (4) narrated to us; Abu ʿAmr ibn Manda narrated to us; my father narrated to us; ʿAbd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Harith narrated to us; ʿAbd Allah ibn Hammad narrated to us; Ibn Abi Maryam narrated to us; Bakr ibn Mudarr informed me; Musa ibn Jubayr narrated to us, from Abu Umamah ibn Sahl, from ʿAsim ibn ʿUmar:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ divorced Hafsah, daughter of ʿUmar, once, and then took her back. (5)