Abd ibn Humayd al-Kissi

عبد بن حميد الكِسّي

Abd ibn Humayd ibn Nasr, Abu Muhammad, al-Kissi, also said to be Abd al-Hamid al-Kissi, named after Kiss near Samarqand, a memorizer of hadith. He heard from Yazid ibn Harun, Ibn Fudayk, Muhammad ibn Bishr al-Abdi, Ali ibn Asim, al-Husayn ibn Ali (may God be pleased with him) al-Ju'fi and their generation; Umar ibn Bujayr, Bakr ibn al-Mirzaban and Ibrahim ibn Khurrayim al-Shashi related from him. al-Dhahabi called him among the leading trustworthy transmitters. His works include a large Musnad and a Qur'an commentary. The heading gives death 249 AH. ^{1 2}