Hajjaj ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi

Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ibn Hajjaj, Abu Muhammad, known as Ibn al-Sha'ir (son of the poet); he grew up in Baghdad and sought knowledge, writing from Abu al-Nadr, Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim, Abu Dawud, Hajjaj ibn Muhammad, al-'Aqadi, Abu Ahmad al-Zubayri, 'Abd al-Samad al-Tannuri and others. ²

Muslim, Abu Dawud, Baqiyya ibn Makhlad, Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili, Musa ibn Harun, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Hatim and al-Mahamili narrated from him. Ibn Abi Hatim called him a trustworthy hafiz, and Abu Dawud said he was worth a hundred like al-Rammadi. Salih Jazara heard him tell how his mother had gathered a hundred loaves for him before he set out for Shababa at al-Mada'in. He died in 259 AH. ^{2 3}