Al-Tabarani

Abū al-Qāsim Sulaymān ibn Aḥmad ibn Ayyūb ibn Muṭayyir al-Lakhmī ash-Shāmī aṭ-Ṭabarānī (873/874–970/971 CE/260–360 AH), He narrated from more than one thousand scholars, and authored a multitude of books on the subject. Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Mansur stated, "I have narrated 300,000 narrations from at-Tabarani." For most of the final years of his life, he lived in Isfahan, Iran, where he died on Dhu al-Qa'dah 27, 360 AH.

Students At-Tabarani, being a teacher of narrations, taught many students. Among them were Ahmad ibn Amr ibn Abd al-Khaliq al-Basri and Abu Bakr al-Bazzar.

Works At-Tabarani is primarily known for three works on narrations: Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat Al-Mu'jam as-Saghir, which provides a narration from each of his masters Mukarramu al-Akhlaaq- a collection of ahadith revolving around beautiful and chivalrous character