• In the same year, ʿUbayd Allah ibn al-Hasan (1), the deputy of the Two Holy Sanctuaries, led the annual pilgrimage.
• Among the notable figures who passed away were:
– Ishaq ibn Mansur al-Saluli (2);
– Bishr ibn Bakr al-Dimashqi (3);
– Abu ʿAmir al-ʿAqadi (4);
– Muhammad ibn ʿUbayd al-Tanafisi (5);
– Yaʿqub al-Hadrami (6);
– and Abu Sulayman al-Darani (7). His name was ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn ʿAtiyyah—some said ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn ʿAtiyyah, while others reported ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn ʿAskar. Abu Sulayman al-Darani was one of the leading scholar-ascetics. Originally from Wasit, he settled in a village west of Damascus known as Darayya.
He learned hadith from Sufyan al-Thawri and others, and Ahmad ibn Abi al-Hawari, along with a number of scholars, narrated from him.
Al-Hafiz Ibn ʿAsakir transmitted an isnad from him, saying: “I heard ʿAli ibn al-Hasan ibn Abi al-Rabiʿ the ascetic relate: I heard Ibrahim ibn Adham say: I heard Ibn ʿAjlan mention, on the authority of al-Qaʿqaʿ ibn Hakim, [from Abu Salih] (8).”
(1) In manuscript A: al-Husayn. This agrees with the reading in Za, B, and al-Tabari.
(2) Ishaq ibn Mansur al-Saluli (Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Kufi). Reliable transmitter, though criticized by Shi‘ites. See Tahdhib al-Kamal, vol. 2, p. 478; Taqrib al-Tahdhib, vol. 1, p. 61.
(3) Bishr ibn Bakr al-Bajali (Abu Abdullah), known as al-Dimashqi al-Tinnisi and surnamed al-Imam al-Hujjah. See Siyar A‘lam al-Nubala, vol. 9, p. 507.
(4) ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Amr al-Qaisi al-‘Aqadi (Abu ‘Amir), the Basran muhaddith and hafiz, deemed trustworthy by al-Mamun. See Siyar A‘lam al-Nubala, vol. 9, p. 469.
(5) Muhammad ibn ‘Ubayd ibn Abi Umayya al-Tanafusi, the Kufi called al-‘Ahdab. Trustworthy and memorizing. See Taqrib al-Tahdhib, vol. 2, p. 188.
(6) In edition T it appears as “Ya‘qub al-Hadari” (an error). The correct reading is Ya‘qub ibn Ishaq ibn Zayd al-Hadrami (Abu Muhammad al-Muqri), a reliable transmitter. See Taqrib al-Tahdhib, vol. 2, p. 375.
(7) He is profiled in: Tarikh Darya by Qadi ‘Abd al-Jabbar al-Khulani, p. 51; Ṭabaqat al-Sufiyya, p. 75; Hilyat al-Awliya’, vol. 9, p. 254; Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 10, p. 248; Sifat al-Safwa, vol. 4, p. 223; Siyar A‘lam al-Nubala, vol. 10, p. 182; and Shujrat adh-Dhahab, vol. 2, p. 13. The year of his death is uncertain—variously given as 205, 215, or other.
(8) The parenthetical phrase does not occur in manuscripts A or T but is confirmed by Za, B, and Ibn ‘Asakir. It refers to Abu Ṣāliḥ as-Sammān, whose name was Dhikwān, a Baghdadi wood-dealer and reliable transmitter. He is recorded to have died in 101 AH. See Taqrib al-Tahdhib, vol. 1, p. 238; Ibn ‘Asakir, vol. 40, p. 77.