al-Baghawī, and others. He died in 252 AH.

24 — Zayd ibn Akhzam, Abū Tālib al-Tāī al-Basrī, the accomplished hadith master (1). He heard hadith from Yahyā ibn Saīd al-Qattān, Muādh ibn Hishām, Ibn Mahdī, and others. Al-Bukhārī, the compilers of the four Sunan works, al-Baghawī, Ibn Sāid, and others narrated from him. He died in 257 AH.

25 — Zayd ibn al-Hubāb ibn al-Rayyān—or, according to another report, Ibn Rūmān—Abū al-Husayn al-Uklī al-Khurāsānī (2). He narrated from Usāmah ibn Zayd al-Laythī, Usāmah ibn Zayd ibn Aslam al-Umarī, Ayman ibn Nābil, al-Thawrī, and a great many others. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Abū Khaythamah, Yazīd ibn Hārūn, and others narrated from him. He died in 203 AH.

26 — Saīd ibn Yahyā ibn Saīd ibn Abān al-Umawī, Abū Uthmān al-Baghdādī (3). He narrated from his father, Yahyā ibn Saīd al-Umawī, the author of the work on the military campaigns; Ibn al-Mubārak; Abd Allāh ibn Idrīs; and others. Al-Bukhārī, Muslim, three of the four Sunan compilers—all except Ibn Mājah—and others narrated from him. He died in 249 AH.

27 — Sufyān ibn Wakī ibn al-Jarrāh al-Ruāsī, Abū Muhammad al-Ruāsī al-Kūfī (4). He was a repository of learning. He narrated extensively from his father; Jarīr ibn Abd al-Hamīd; Abd al-Salām ibn Harb; Abū Khālid al-Ahmar; Hafs ibn Ghiyāth; and others of their generation. Al-Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, and Ibn Sāid narrated from him. He died in 247 AH.