Ibn al-Akhram said, “I heard Abū Muḥammad declare, ‘I am from Sinbis—an Arab tribe.’

Abū Ṣāliḥ the muʾadhdhin related: “I washed Abū Muḥammad, and when I had wrapped him in the shroud I noticed that his right arm, up to the armpit, shone with a light like the moon. I was astonished and remarked, ‘These are the blessings of his legal rulings.’ (1)

I (the biographer) add: He returned from staying with al-Qaffāl and, in 407 AH, assumed the chair of teaching and issuing fatwas. He was devoted to worship, held in awe by his pupils, a man of earnestness, dignity, and composure, and it was under him that his son completed his training.

Among his works are: Kitāb al-Tabsira (The Book of Insight) in jurisprudence; Kitāb al-Tadhkira (The Memorandum); Kitāb al-Tafsīr al-Kabīr (The Major Exegesis); and Kitāb al-Taʿlīqa (2) (The Notes).

He passed away in Dhū al-Qaʿda, 438 AH. He was a figure of standing within the school and held that whoever deliberately fabricated a lie against the Prophet ﷺ committed unbelief.

During that same year there also died the shaykh of the Qur’an-reciters Abū ʿAlī al-Hasan ibn Muḥammad al-Baghdādī in Egypt, Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Sayyuwayh the tutor, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Muḥammad al-Tabbān, and others.

414 – al-Tannājīrī, al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿUbayd Allah*
The ḥadith scholar, the authoritative proof, Abū al-Faraj al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿUbayd Allah