al-Ḥundarī (1), and a number of others.
Those who narrated from him include: the judge Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Quḍāʿī; Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿAqīl al-Karajī; Aḥmad ibn Asad; ʿAbd al-Bāqī ibn Jāmiʿ; Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isfarāʾīnī; Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Rāzī; and, by ijāza, Abū al-Ḥasan ibn al-Mawāzīnī.
He was regarded as the shaykh of the shaykhs in Egypt during his time.
He lived ninety-five years.
He died in Jumādā al-Ūlā of the year 448 AH, and his grave is beside that of Dhū al-Nūn al-Miṣrī—may Allah have mercy on them both.
- The Porter, Abū al-Ḥasan Rāfiʿ ibn Naṣr al-Baghdādī*
The erudite scholar, legal authority, and ascetic, Abū al-Ḥasan Rāfiʿ ibn Naṣr al-Baghdādī, a Shāfiʿī, known as “the Porter.”
He narrated from Abū ʿUmar ibn Mahdī and studied under Abū Bakr al-Bāqillānī, among others.
He was well-versed in uṣūl (legal theory) and composed excellent poetry. (2)