who handed him over to Jaʿfar ibn Falaḥ al-Muʿizzī in return for one hundred thousand dinars. The Sharif was then paraded on a camel in mocking attire, after which the commander’s attitude softened toward him and he rebuked the captor. The common people continued to pray for him. He was sent on to al-Muʿizz, and thereafter no further news of him was heard.

98 – al-Faraʾiḍī, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Jābir*
The traditionist and leading imam Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Jābir ibn Abī al-Zamzām al-Dimashqī, known as al-Faraʾiḍī the witness.

He studied under ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Rawwās, Muḥammad ibn Yazīd ibn ʿAbd al-Ṣamad, Muḥammad ibn al-Muʿāfā al-Ṣaydāwī and their peers, transmitting a large corpus of reports.

His own students included Muḥammad ibn ʿAwf al-Muzanī, ʿAlī ibn Bushrā, Makkī ibn al-Ghamr, Makkī ibn Muḥammad al-Muʾaddib, Thurayyā ibn Aḥmad al-Alhānī, and others.

Al-Kattānī rated him reliable and said, “He died in Shawwāl of the year 368 AH.”

99 – Fārūq ibn ʿAbd al-Kabīr ibn ʿUmar, Abū Ḥafṣ al-Khaṭṭābī**
The traditionist, super-centenarian, and chief authority of Basra, Abū Ḥafṣ al-Khaṭṭābī al-Baṣrī.

He heard hadith from Hishām ibn ʿAlī al-Sīrāfī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Quraysh, Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-Munḏir al-Qazzāz, Abū Muslim al-Kajji, and a number of others.

In his time he stood unique, and seekers of knowledge undertook journeys to hear from him.