By permission (ijāzah). Al-Samʿānī said of him: “A righteous shaykh, of good bearing and character, affectionate and humble, sound in his dealings.” He died in the year three and fifty and five hundred [553 AH], and the prayer over him was led by Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlī.¹

H. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAfīf — he is Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAfīf al-Būshanjī, al-Harawī, known as Kullār and al-Kullārī. Al-Ḥāfiẓ al-Dhahabī described him, saying: “The shaykh, the musnid, the righteous one, the last remnant of the shaykhs.” He died in the year seven and seventy and four hundred [477 AH].²

W. Manṣūr ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Khālid ibn Aḥmad ibn Khālid ibn Ḥammād, Abū ʿAlī al-Dhuhlī al-Khālidī al-Harawī. Al-Ḥāfiẓ al-Dhahabī described him, saying: “The ḥāfiẓ, the scholar, the great traveler; he wrote much and labored hard. A great number narrated from him, yet he is not trustworthy.” Abū Saʿd al-Idrīsī said: “A liar, not to be relied upon.” He died in the year one — or two — and four hundred [401 or 402 AH].³

We say: However, al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar did hear the narration of Ibn Dāsah as well via the route of Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Rūdhbārī and Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī Ibn Lāl, both of them narrating from him.⁴ And these two are trustworthy.

Z. Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Bakr Ibn Dāsah — his biography has already been given among the students of Imam Abū Dāwūd.

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¹ Al-Dhahabī, *Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ* 20/303–311.
² Al-Dhahabī, *Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ* 18/442–443.
³ Ibid. 17/114–115.
⁴ Ibn Ḥajar, *al-Muʿjam al-Mufahras*, p. 30.