He heard from: Ahmad ibn Mahdi, Ahmad ibn ʿIsam, Salih ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and Asid ibn ʿAsim.
Those who narrated from him include: Abu Bakr ibn Abi ʿAli al-Dhakwani, the hadith master Abu Nuʿaym, and a number of others.
I am aware of no shortcoming in him.
He died in 349 AH, at the age of ninety-seven.
343 – al-Masʿūdī, Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī
Author of Muruj al-Dhahab and other historical works(1), Abū al-Ḥasan(2) ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī, a descendant of Ibn Masʿūd(3). He is classed among the Baghdadis, though he spent a period residing in Egypt.
He was a historian, given to witty anecdotes, rarities, wonders, and many fields of learning, and he adhered to the Muʿtazilite school.
He studied under Abū Khalīfah al-Jumaḥī, Nifṭawayh, and several others.
He passed away in Jumada al-Akhirah, 345 AH.