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- Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Umar informed us; Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Hatim informed us; my father narrated to me; Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar al-Isfahani narrated to us. He said: I heard Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi say:
“The leading authorities of the people in their time were four: Sufyan al-Thawri in Kufa, Malik in the Hijaz, al-Awza'i in Syria, and Hammad ibn Zayd in Basra.”
٤٤ - وَأَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ , أنبا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي حَاتِمٍ , حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي , حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ , قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ مَهْدِيٍّ يَقُولُ: " أَئِمَّةُ النَّاسِ فِي زَمَانِهِمْ أَرْبَعَةٌ: سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ , وَمَالِكٌ بِالْحِجَازِ , وَالْأَوْزَاعِيُّ بِالشَّامِ , وَحَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ بِالْبَصْرَةِ "