Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Hammad Abu Ali al-Mahmudi, his father and al-Bilali

2. [2/239] Rijal al-Kashshi: Ibn al-Masud from Abu al-Mahmudi who said: Abu Ja’far [al-Jawad] عليه السلام wrote to me after the death of my father: Your father passed away – may Allah be pleased with him and with you – having a praiseworthy position in our estimation, you too are not far-off from that position.