The Head of the Bureau Chiefs said: “My grandfather used to attend the sessions of Abu Bakr al-Razi, and it was shown in a dream that he is among the people of Paradise.”
And his nephew:
104 – The Head of the Bureau Chiefs ʿAli ibn al-Hasan ibn Abu al-Faraj ibn al-Muslimah *
He was the vizier of the caliph al-Qaʾim bi-Amr Allah (1), the exalted chief minister, the Head of the Bureau Chiefs, Abu al-Qasim ʿAli ibn al-Hasan, son of the shaykh Abu al-Faraj ibn al-Muslimah.
Al-Qaʾim first appointed him as a secretary, then elevated him to the vizierate. The caliph valued him highly, and he ranked among the best and most just of viziers.
Birth: the year 397 AH.
He heard hadith from his grandfather, Ibn Abi Muslim the expert in the law of inheritance, and from Ismaʿil al-Sarṣari.
Those who related from him include al-Khatib, who was especially close to him, declared him reliable, and said (2): “He possessed a combination of abilities unmatched by anyone before him, along with sound religious orientation, abundant intellect, and original judgment.”
Ibn al-Jawzi said: “Abu al-Qasim held the vizierate in the year 443 AH and was granted the honorific title Jamal…”