Abu al-Barakat al-Anmati

The hafiz and Hanbali Abu'l-Barakat 'Abd al-Wahhab b. al-Mubarak al-Anmati, benefactor of Baghdad; born in Rajab 462, he heard much and wrote much in his own hand, hearing elevated and lowly isnads alike until he had read to Ibn al-Tuyuri everything he possessed. ¹

Ibn Nasir said he was the remnant of the trustworthy shaykhs and never married; Abu Musa al-Madini called him the hafiz of his age in Baghdad; his pupil Ibn al-Jawzi recorded him in his books and praised him — "I used to read hadith to him while he wept, and I profited from his weeping more than from his transmission"; he never backbit anyone nor was anyone backbitten in his presence, and he lent out his parts freely. He died Thursday 11 Muharram 538 and was buried at the Shawuniziyya, the cemetery of Abu'l-Qasim al-Junayd, west of Baghdad. ¹