44 — Muhammad ibn Hātim ibn Sulaymān al-Zammī, the tutor (1). He was a hadith scholar who narrated from Hushaym, Ammār ibn Muhammad, Jarīr ibn Abd al-Hamīd, and others of their generation. Al-Tirmidhī, al-Nasāī, Abd Allah ibn Ahmad, Abū Hāmid al-Hadramī, and others narrated from him. He died in 246 AH.

45 — Muhammad ibn Humayd al-Rāzī (Ibn Humayd) (2). The eminent scholar and great hadith master, Abū Abd Allah al-Rāzī, was born around 160 AH. He narrated from Abd Allah ibn al-Mubārak, Jarīr ibn Abd al-Hamīd, and others. Abū Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ibn Abī al-Dunyā, and others narrated from him. He died in 248 AH.

46 — Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahīm al-Barqī (Ibn Abd al-Rahīm al-Barqī) (3). The trustworthy hadith master Abū Abd Allah, author of The Weak Transmitters, heard hadith from Amr ibn Abī Salamah al-Tanīsī and others. Abū Dāwūd, al-Nasāī, Muhammad ibn al-Muāfā, Umar ibn Bujayr, and a group of others narrated from him. He died in 249 AH.

47 — Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Hakam al-Misrī (4). The leading scholar of Islam, Abū Abd Allah al-Misrī, the jurist, heard hadith from Ibn Wahb, al-Shāfiī, and others. Al-Nasāī, Ibn Khuzaymah, Ibn Sāid, Amr ibn Uthmān al-Makkī, and others narrated from him. He died in 268 AH.