al-Karmī al-Ḥanbalī (d. 1033 AH) in his work Al-Kawākib al-Durrīyah fī Manāqib al-Mujtahid Ibn Taymiyyah, as he states in the introduction (1). He also drew from it in his Al-Shahādah al-Zakiyyah fī Thanāʾ al-Aʾimmah ʿalā Ibn Taymiyyah (pp. 52–53).

5 – The Shaykh’s biography in the author’s Ṭabaqāt ʿUlamāʾ al-Ḥadith (4/279–296) is identical to the biography presented here, scarcely omitting a single element—even the stylistic flourishes that are clearly his own composition, along with the distinctive details, insights, and citations unique to Ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī. This indicates that both texts stem from one and the same author. I am more inclined to think that he wrote the Ṭabaqāt before producing this separate biography, because in the Ṭabaqāt he never mentions having dedicated an independent book to the Shaykh. Moreover, when he lists his own writings in the Ṭabaqāt he remarks that they would require many pages and that their enumeration belongs elsewhere.

– His sources:
The author’s materials for this book were diverse: written works, oral transmissions, personal observations, private correspondence, the Shaykh’s own writings, debates, and poems. In sum, we may say that he constructed his book upon three principal sources: