He studied the Muwatta with Ahmad ibn Musa al-Sami, received traditions from Abu Muslim al-Kajji, and transmitted reports from Sahl al-Tustari. He composed numerous works on the Maliki school and eventually settled in Egypt. His compendium on legal rulings is regarded as a rare treasure, and he penned refutations of al-Shafi‘i, al-Muzani, al-Tahawi, and the Qadariyya.
Among those who narrated from him are al-Hasan ibn Rashiq, ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Asad al-Qurtubi, ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Umar ibn al-Nahhas, and others. He died in Rabi‘ al-Awwal of the year 344 AH in Egypt.
- Ibn Dasa — Muhammad ibn Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Basri *
The shaykh, trustworthy and learned, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Razzaq ibn Dasa al-Basri, the date-seller, transmitter of the Sunan.
He heard hadith from Abu Dawud al-Sijistani, Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Yunus al-Shirazi, Ibrahim ibn Fahd al-Saji, and others.
Those who transmitted from him include Abu Sulayman Hamd al-Khattabi, Abu Bakr ibn al-Muqri’, Abu Bakr ibn Lal, Abu al-Husayn ibn Jumay‘, Abu ‘Ali Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Rudhbari, ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Mu’min al-Qurtubi—the teacher of Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr—and others.
He was the last person to relate the Sunan in its entirety from Abu Dawud, and after him Abū—