Abu Hatim Muhammad ibn Idris al-Razi

Abu Hatim Muhammad b. Idris b. al-Mundhir al-Hanzali al-Razi — one of the imam-huffaz versed in the 'ilal of hadith and in jarh and ta'dil; he heard Anas b. 'Iyad, Abu Zayd al-Nahwi and a great host, and Yunus b. 'Abd al-A'la and al-Rabi' b. Sulayman of Egypt transmitted from him; he came to Baghdad and related there — Ibrahim al-Harbi, Ibn Abi'l-Dunya and al-Mahamili among its people transmitting from him. ¹

He used to say: "I set out seeking hadith and counted that I walked on my feet more than a thousand farsakhs." His provision was cut off at Basra until he sold his clothes and roamed the shaykhs with a friend, hungry for three days. He died in that year — 277. ¹