Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani

His benefit of studying very young and living almost near 100 years was highly valued by hadith scholars of his time as they saw shorter chain of transmission to be stronger and more authentic.

[10] Abu Nu'aym was regarded as one of the best hadith authorities by his contemporary Khatib al-Baghdadi, and by Dhahabi and Taqi al-Din al-Subki.

[14] He denounced Abu Nu’aym's creed as unorthodox and banished him from the Jami' mosque of Isfahan, that was dominated by Ibn Manda's Hanbali faction.

[14] Abu Nu'aym would later retaliate by accusing Ibn Manda, the head of the local Hanbalite traditionists, of being confusing and mixing up hadiths in his old age.

[14] Al-Dhahabi narrates the following incident that took place:[13] "For there was too much hostile one choosing and enmity between the Ash'aris and Hanbalis, leading to disagreements.