Abu Hatim Muhammad ibn Idris al-Razi (811–890) was a notable hadith scholar and Athari theologian[1] born in Ray.
Some sources suggest that he was originally from Isfahan and was a mawla of the Ghatafan tribe.
Other sources suggest that he acquired his nisba from a street of Ray called "Darb Ḥanẓalah".
He died in the month of Sha’bân in the year 277H/890 CE.
[5] [6] The better known narrators Abū Ḥātim narrated from: The better known of these were: The better known narrators who narrated from Abū Ḥātim: The Scholars’ and Imams’ commendations of him: Jonathan A. C. Brown identifies him as one of the three most important hadith critics of his generation, alongside al-Bukhārī and Abū Zurʿah al-Rāzī (Hadith, 81).