, al-Kinānī, their client, the Damascene.

He heard ḥadith from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Ḥamzah, from Zakariyyā al-Sijzī—known as Khayyāṭ al-Sunnah (“the Tailor of the Sunnah”)—from Muḥammad ibn Yazīd ibn ʿAbd al-Ṣamad, from Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Busrī, and from their contemporaries. His repertoire of transmissions was wide-ranging.

Among those who narrated from him were Abū al-Ḥusayn ibn Jumayʿ, Tammām al-Rāzī, Abū al-ʿAbbās ibn al-Ḥājj, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Naṣr, ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Maydānī, and others.

I know of no criticism concerning him.

He passed away in Rabīʿ al-Ākhir of the year 362 AH, having nearly reached ninety.

53 – Al-Waḍḍāḥī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Yaḥyā

The foremost poet of his age, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Yaḥyā ibn Ḥassān ibn al-Waḍḍāḥ al-Anbārī—known as al-Waḍḍāḥī—was a merchant who later made his home in Nishapur.

He heard from Qāḍī al-Maḥāmelī and from Muḥammad ibn Makhled.

Al-Ḥākim received ḥadith from him and said, “He died in Bukhārā in Ramadan of the year 355 AH.” He composed poetry of the highest caliber (1) and died in the prime of middle age.