among those who narrated from him were Ibn Manda, al-Hakim, Abu al-Hasan ibn Razquwayh, Ibn al-Fadl al-Qattan, Abu ʿAli ibn Shadhan, and others. Al-Khatib declared him reliable (1). He died in Jumada al-Ula of the year 345 AH. I have encountered his narrations in various collections.

295 – Ahmad ibn Buhzad ibn Mihran al-Misri *
The imam, hadith scholar, and trustworthy transmitter, Abu al-Hasan al-Farisi, originally from Siraf and later settled in Egypt.

He heard hadith from al-Rabiʿ al-Muradi, Bahr ibn Nasr al-Khawlani, Bakkar ibn Qutaybah, Ibrahim ibn Fahd, and a number of others.

Among those who transmitted from him were Abu ʿAbd Allah ibn Mufarrij al-Qurtubi, Ibn Manda, Abu Muhammad ibn al-Nahhas, and the scholars of Egypt.

Ahmad ibn ʿAwn Allah al-Qurtubi also heard from him, but then abandoned him because he had disparaged (2) ʿUthman—may Allah be pleased with him—and afterwards dictated a hadith that conflicted with the consensus. He said, “Shut the door (3); I have not dictated this in thirty years.” The people sensed what was afoot. Had he kept silent, they would have let it pass, but they rose against him, and he was forbidden to narrate; thus he