10 — Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Hamdān ibn Alī, Abū Amr ibn Hamdān al-Hīrī al-Naysābūrī, the grammarian (1). He was born in 283 AH. He studied hadith in Nishapur, Mosul, Jurjān, Baghdad, and Basra. He was a Quran reciter well versed in Arabic, possessed insight into hadith, and had a long-standing devotion to worship. He had some Shi‘i leanings. He died in 376 AH.

11 — Muhammad ibn Dāwūd ibn Sulaymān ibn Sayyār ibn Bayān (2), Abū Bakr, the jurist. He settled in Egypt, where he narrated from Abū Jafar al-Tabarī and Uthmān ibn Nasr al-Tāī. Abū al-Fath Abd al-Wāhid ibn Muhammad ibn Masrūr al-Balkhī narrated from him. He was trustworthy and transmitted the works of Muhammad ibn Jarīr al-Tabarī from him. He also narrated from a number of Baghdadis. He was of clean character and diligent, and was placed in charge of the Endowments Bureau in Egypt. He died in 336 AH.

12 — Muhammad ibn Abd Allah, Abū Bakr al-Shāfiī (3), known as al-Sayrafī. He authored works on the principles of jurisprudence.

It was said:

“He was the most knowledgeable of all God’s creation in the principles of jurisprudence after al-Shāfiī.”

He studied jurisprudence under Ibn Surayj, heard hadith from Ahmad ibn Mansūr al-Ramādī, and Alī ibn Muhammad al-Halabī narrated from him. His works include “Commentary on al-Risālah,” “A Book on Consensus,” and “A Book on Conditions.” He died in 330 AH.

13 — Muhammad ibn Abd Allah, Abū al-Mufaddal al-Shaybānī al-Kūfī (4). He settled in Baghdad, where he narrated from Muhammad ibn Jarīr al-Tabarī and a great many Egyptians, Syrians, and others.