and also to the ḥāfiẓ, to ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Naḥḥās, to ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Ḥasan al-Warrāq, and to others besides them.

Al-Kattānī said: He reported from Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī through most of the latter’s books, and because of that he came under suspicion (1).

It was likewise said that the bulk of those transmissions were by written authorization (ijāza).

He loved ḥadith and its devotees, treated them generously, possessed considerable wealth, and authored several works.

ʿUbayd ibn Fuṭays related to me that he (Ibn Maʿrūf) told him he had been born in 283 AH and that he first attended ḥadith sessions in 292 AH.

Al-Kattānī stated that he died in 347 AH, while others put it at 349.

His brother, Abū Bakr Aḥmad, passed away in 348 AH; he was already advanced in age.

Ibn Maʿrūf heard ḥadith from Abū Zurʿa of Damascus.

348 – al-Naqqāsh, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Ziyād
The erudite scholar, Qur’an commentator, and leading master of the reciters: Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Ziyād al-Mawṣilī, later al-Baghdādī, known as al-Naqqāsh.