[Among those who died that year]
Aḥmad ibn Yūnus al-Yarbuʿī ⦗1⦘;
Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAmr al-Bajalī ⦗2⦘;
Saʿīd ibn Manṣūr, the author of the famous Sunan, a collection equalled by only a few ⦗3⦘;
Muḥammad ibn al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Dūlābī, who also compiled a Sunan ⦗4⦘;
Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī ⦗5⦘; and
Abū al-Hudhayl al-ʿAllāf, the Muʿtazilī theologian ⦗6⦘.
[Then came the year 228 AH]
During its Ramaḍān the Caliph al-Wāthiq conferred a robe of honor upon the commander Ashnās, saddled him, and fastened two jewel-encrusted sashes on him.
That year the people’s pilgrimage was led by the amīr Muḥammad ibn Dāwūd.
Prices along the road to Mecca soared alarmingly. While the pilgrims were at ʿArafah they were stricken first by searing heat, then—within the same hour—by biting cold and a torrential downpour. Later, as they camped at Minā, rain the like of which had never been seen fell upon them, and a section of the mountain near the Jamrat al-ʿAqabah broke loose, killing a number of pilgrims.
(1) Ahmad ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Yunus al-Tamimi al-Yarbu'i al-Kufi, known as Abu 'Abd Allah, bears a nisba taken from his grandfather’s name by way of abbreviation. He was an imam, a proof (hujjah), trustworthy (thiqah), and meticulous (mutqin). (Siyar A'lam al-Nubala', 10:457)
(2) Isma'il ibn 'Amr ibn Nujayh al-Bajali al-Kufi, the senior scholar of Isfahan and its principal hadith transmitter. Mentioned by Ibn 'Adi among the weak transmitters; he belongs to the generation of the 90s AH. (Siyar A'lam al-Nubala', 10:435)
(3) Sa'id ibn Mansur ibn Shu'bah, Abu Uthman al-Khurasani al-Marwazi—also called al-Talqani, then al-Balkhi, and finally al-Makki al-Mujawir (the Meccan resident). Trustworthy (thiqah), meticulous (mutqin); one of those who compiled and authored works, and a senior scholar of the Masjid al-Haram. He belongs to the generation of the 80s AH. (Siyar A'lam al-Nubala', 10:586)
(4) Abu Ja'far al-Muzani al-Baghdadi. Trustworthy (thiqah), a hadith scholar. Ahmad ibn Hanbal held him in high esteem and reverence. He died in al-Karkh at the age of seventy-seven. (Siyar A'lam al-Nubala', 10:670)
(5) Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, Abu al-Walid al-Bahili al-Basri, al-Tayalisi: the imam, muhaddith, critic, Shaykh al-Islam, and amir al-muhaddithin. Trustworthy (thiqah) and sound. He died at the age of ninety-four. (Siyar A'lam al-Nubala', 10:341; Taqrib al-Tahdhib, 2:319)
(6) Muhammad ibn al-Hudhail al-Basri al-Allaf, Abu al-Hudhail: author of compilations and leader of the Mu'tazila. He was not particularly pious and had adopted Mu'tazilite doctrine from 'Uthman ibn Khalid al-Tawil, a student of Wasil ibn 'Ataa. He lived past ninety years. (Siyar A'lam al-Nubala', 10:542)