He was one of the great repositories of knowledge—foremost in Arabic, a precise jurist, an expert in ḥadith, and a man of high standing (1).
Those who reported in large numbers from him were: Abū ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-Barr, Abū al-Muṭarrif b. Fuṭays, al-Khawlānī, Abū ʿUmar b. al-Ḥadhdhāʾ, and Abū Muṣʿab b. Abī al-Walīd b. al-Faraḍī.
He was noted for his scrupulous piety, meticulous accuracy, and regular recitation from the written Qurʾān.
He passed away in 395 AH, toward the very end of the year.
- ʿAbd al-Wārith b. Sufyān b. Jubrūn al-Qurṭubī*—with the jīm pronounced with ḍamma (2)—the traditionist, reliable authority, scholar, and ascetic; Abū al-Qāsim al-Qurṭubī, nicknamed al-Ḥabīb.
He narrated extensively from Qāsim b. Aṣbagh—of whom he possessed a large collection (3)—and also from Wahb b. Masarra and Muḥammad b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Abī Dulaym.
Those who transmitted from him include Abū Muḥammad al-Aṣīlī, Abū ʿImrān al-Fāsī, Abū ʿUmar b. al-Ḥadhdhāʾ, and Abū ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-Barr.
Ibn al-Ḥadhdhāʾ said: “He was righteous and chaste, living off the produce of his own estate. He was born in the year seven…"