Name: Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abdullah ibn Hafs ibn al-Khalil

Fame: Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Malini

Kuniya: Abu Sa'd

Lineage: al-Ansari, al-Malini, al-Harawi

Rank: Trustworthy and Precise

Lived in: Malin, Damascus, Isfahan, Iraq, Nishapur, Ramla, Hijaz, Khuzestan, Basra, Herat, Baghdad, Transoxiana, Syria, Persia, Rey, Egypt, Khorasan, Kufa, Mecca, Jurjan

Died in: Egypt

Abu al-Faraj ibn al-Jawzi: Trustworthy and Truthful

Abu Nasr ibn Makula: He was a traveler and traveled extensively

Ibrahim ibn Sa'id al-Jubai: He narrated many hadiths

Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi: He was trustworthy, truthful, precise, good, virtuous, and righteous

Al-Dhahabi: An Imam, truthful, and once: Possessing truthfulness, piety, and precision

Abd al-Hayy ibn al-'Imad al-Hanbali: The trustworthy and precise hafiz

Authors of al-Ihtifaal bi-Ma'rifat al-Rawat al-Thiqat: One of the famous, well-traveled, and trustworthy hafiz