His patronymic is Abū Bakr al-ʿAbdī. He was from the ʿAbd al-Qays tribe. He belonged to the Thawrī school. He was the nephew of al-Jāḥiẓ’s sister. He came to Baghdad, where he listened to hadith from Abū ʿUthmān al-Māzinī, Abū Ḥātim al-Sijistānī, and Abū Faḍl al-Riyāḍī. He was knowledgeable in history, literature, and wise sayings. He changed his name to Muḥammad, but his original name was more commonly used. When he went to visit a sick person and knocked on the door, if those inside asked, "Who is it?", he would not say his real name, Yemut, so that they would not associate it with the word "is dying" and consider it inauspicious; instead, he would simply say, "I am the son of Müzriʾ."
Yemut b. Müzriʾ b. Yemut
His patronymic is Abū Bakr al-ʿAbdī. He was from the ʿAbd al-Qays tribe. He belonged to the Thawrī school. He was the nephew of al-Jāḥiẓ’s sister. He came to Baghdad, where he listened to hadith from Abū ʿUthmān …
