Abu Musa al-Madini

أبو موسى المديني الأصبهاني

c. 1107 CE · 501 AH – c. 1185 CE · 581 AH

The hafiz Abu Musa Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr Umar ibn Abi Isa al-Isfahani al-Madini; he was the foremost figure of his age in memorization and knowledge. He travelled out of Isfahan in search of hadith and then returned to it. His useful works include al-Mughith, a single volume in which he completed al-Gharibayn of al-Bruwi and corrected it, and al-Ziyadat, a supplement to the Ansab of his teacher Abu al-Fadl Muhammad ibn Tahir al-Maqdisi; he also supplemented Ma'rifat al-sahaba of Ibn Mandah ¹.