by Ibrāhīm ibn al-Salīm, an Umayyad client and a Mālikī.
He received transmission from Muḥammad ibn Ayman, Aḥmad ibn Khālid ibn al-Jabbāb, and others. After performing the pilgrimage he also heard ḥadith from Ibn al-Aʿrābī and from Abū Jaʿfar ibn al-Naḥḥās, the grammarian.
He was one of the practicing scholars—ascetic, devout, and deeply versed in fiqh and the points on which the scholars differ. He stood at the forefront of literature, eloquence, and grammar, a veritable garden of knowledge.
Many leading imams completed their studies with him.
He died in Jumādā al-Ūlā, 367 AH, having reached an advanced age.
Yūnus ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mughīth relates: “An easterner known as al-Shaybānī settled in al-Andalus. Ibn al-Salīm once set out on an errand, and a heavy downpour drove him to shelter in al-Shaybānī’s vestibule. Al-Shaybānī welcomed him warmly, insisted that he come inside, and he accepted. During their conversation he said, ‘O qāḍī, I have a slave-girl whose voice is unmatched in sweetness. If you permit, she will recite for you some verses from the Book of Allah and a few lines of poetry.’ He replied, ‘Do so.’
“She recited and sang until the judge was almost beside himself with joy. He took out twenty dinars, presented them to the girl as a gift, and then rose to leave.”
171 – Yaḥyā ibn Mujāhid ibn ʿAwānah, Abū Bakr al-Fazārī, an Andalusian from Elvira, renowned for his asceticism.
Ibn Bashkuwāl, in a work other than al-Ṣila, says: “The ascetic of his age and a devoted worshipper…"