Biographies of the Men of the Chain of Transmission of Copy (M), All of Whom Are Reliable and Trustworthy:

1. Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī:
He is the Shaykh, the scholar, the mujtahid, the Imām, Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī al-Jammāʿīlī, then al-Dimashqī al-Ṣāliḥī al-Ḥanbalī, author of the great book "al-Mughnī" on the jurisprudence of divergent opinions. He was born in Jammāʿīl, in the district of Nābulus, in the year 541 AH, migrated to Damascus, and traveled to Baghdad. Ibn al-Najjār said: He was the Imām of the Ḥanbalīs at the Great Mosque of Damascus, and he was trustworthy, an authoritative proof, noble, of abundant virtue, chaste, scrupulous, devout, following the way of the Salaf; radiance and dignity were upon him, and a man would benefit from seeing him before hearing his words. He died in the year 625 AH. Al-Dhahabī gave his biography in "Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ" 22/165–173, and in "al-ʿIbar" 5/79.

2. Abū Zurʿah al-Maqdisī:
He is the Shaykh, the scholar, the musnid, the truthful and righteous Abū Zurʿah Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥāfiẓ Muḥammad ibn Ṭāhir ibn ʿAlī al-Shaybānī al-Maqdisī. He was born in al-Rayy in the year 480 AH, and it was also said: in the year 481 AH. He came to Baghdad and narrated ḥadīth there, and he was unique in possessing books and juzʾ portions. He died in Hamadhān in the year 566 AH. Al-Dhahabī said: We heard through his transmission "Musnad al-Shāfiʿī," "al-Mujtabā," "Sunan Ibn Mājah," and juzʾ portions. Al-Dhahabī gave his biography in "Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ" 20/503–504, and in "al-ʿIbar" 4/192–193.