—honoured and esteemed, living in dignity and reserve until he passed away—may Allah Most High show him mercy—on the fifth of Shawwal in the year 448 AH, in Naysabur.
In that same year there died: the leading Shafi‘i authority after the judge Abū al-Tayyib, Abū Sa‘id Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Numayr al-Khwarazmi the Blind (1); the jurist ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Walid al-Andalusi (2) in Egypt; the ascetic Abū Hafs ibn Masrur (3); ‘Ali ibn Ibrahim al-Baqillani (4); Abū al-Hasan ibn al-Taffal (5); the ascetic Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn al-Tarjuman (6) in Gaza; Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Bishran (7); and the mufti Abū al-Faraj Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahid al-Darimi al-Shafi‘i (8).
14 – al-Khawlani Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman *
The imam, hadith scholar, and firmly reliable authority, Abū ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Uthman ibn Sa‘id ibn Ghalbun al-Khawlani, of Cordoba—the father of the transmitter Abū ‘Abd Allah Ahmad ibn Muhammad.
He was counted among the scholars of tradition in Cordoba.
He narrated from: his father; his uncle Abū Bakr; Abū Muhammad ibn Asad; and Ahmad ibn