He heard Abū Yaḥyā ibn Abī Masarra and was the last person to transmit from him.
Those who narrated from him include al-Ḥākim, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUmar ibn al-Naḥḥās, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Bazzār—the teacher of al-Bayhaqī—Abū al-Qāsim ibn Bishrān, and others.
He penned several works on the history of Mecca.
He too passed away in 353 AH.
30 – al-Rāfiqī, Abū al-Faḍl al-ʿAbbās ibn Muḥammad ibn Naṣr *
The ḥadith scholar Abū al-Faḍl al-ʿAbbās ibn Muḥammad ibn Naṣr ibn al-Sarī al-Rāfiqī, a resident of Egypt.
He heard Hilāl ibn al-ʿAlāʾ, Ḥafṣ ibn ʿUmar Sinjah, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Judhūʿī, and a number of others.
Those who transmitted from him include Abū Muḥammad ibn al-Naḥḥās, Muḥammad ibn Naẓīf, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj al-Ishbīlī, and others.
He died in 356 AH.
Yaḥyā ibn ʿAlī al-Ṭaḥḥān said, “People spoke critically of him.”
31 – al-Qālī, Abū ʿAlī Ismāʿīl ibn al-Qāsim ibn Hārūn **
The eminent linguist and scholar, Abū ʿAlī Ismāʿīl ibn al-Qāsim ibn Hārūn ibn—