Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (18/305)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

He was a highly reliable and truthful authority, of fine character, great standing, and impressive dignity.

He studied jurisprudence under his father in the Hanafī tradition, took from him the science of kalām, and accompanied him when the latter assumed the judgeship of Aleppo in 407 AH.

He heard ḥadīth from: al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Nawbakhtī (1), Ismāʿīl ibn Hishām al-Sarsarī, Abū Aḥmad al-Faraḍī, and Ibn al-Ṣalt al-Mujbir.

Al-Khaṭīb (2) said, “I recorded traditions from him, and he was truthful.”

I say: Those who transmitted from him include Abū Manṣūr al-Qazzāz, Yaḥyā ibn al-Ṭarrāḥ, and Abū al-Badr al-Karkhī.

The Chief Judge Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Dāmghānī (3) married his daughter and appointed him as his deputy in judicial affairs (4).

He died in Baghdad in Jumādā al-Ūlā of the year 466 AH. Distinguished scholars and state dignitaries attended his funeral. He was buried in his house for a time, after which his body was moved (5).

He was also versed in the rational sciences.

145 – Ibn al-Qaṭṭān, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā al-Qurṭubī *

The Maliki shaykh, Abū ʿUmar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā ibn Hilāl al-Qurṭubī.

(1) Ibn al-Athir states that the nisba al-Nawbakhti is pronounced with the nun either dammed or fathad, followed by a silent waw, a fathad ba, a silent kha, and finally a ta; it refers to Nawbakht, one of his forefathers. (2) Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 4, p. 382. (3) His biographical entry will appear under no. 249. (4) See al-Muntazam, vol. 8, p. 287. (5) Al-Muntazam adds: he was buried in his own house on the Qallayin River; the Chief Judge received condolences there, after which the body was moved to the Khizraniyya cemetery. (*) Further sources: Tartib al-Madarik, 4/813; al-Sila, 1/61–62; al-Ibar, 3/246; al-Dibaj al-Mudhahhab, 1/181–182; al-Nujum al-Zahira, 5/82; Shadharat al-Dhahab, 3/308; Shajarat al-Nur al-Zakkiya, p. 119.

وَكَانَ ثِقَةً صَدُوْقاً، حسن الأَخلاَقِ، كَبِيْرَ القَدْرِ، وَافِرَ الجَلاَلَة. تَفقَّه عَلَى أَبِيْهِ لأَبِي حَنِيْفَةَ، وَأَخَذَ عَنْهُ علمَ الكَلاَم، وَكَانَ مَعَهُ لَمَّا وَلِيَ قَضَاءَ حلب، سَنَة سَبْعٍ وَأَرْبَعِ مائَة. وَسَمِعَ: مِنَ الحَسَنِ بن الحُسَيْنِ النُّوَبَخْتِي (١) ، وَإِسْمَاعِيْلَ بنِ هِشَامٍ الصرصرِي، وَأَبِي أَحْمَدَ الفرضِي، وَابْنِ الصَّلْتِ المُجْبر. قَالَ الخَطِيْبُ (٢) :كَتَبْتُ عَنْهُ، وَكَانَ صَدُوْقاً. قُلْتُ: حَدَّثَ عَنْهُ: أَبُو مَنْصُوْرٍ القَزَّازُ، وَيَحْيَى بنُ الطّرَّاح، وَأَبُو الْبَدْر الكَرْخِيّ. وَتَزَوَّجَ بِابْنتِهِ قَاضِي القُضَاة أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الدَّامغَانِي (٣) ، وَاسْتنَابه فِي القَضَاءِ (٤) . تُوُفِّيَ: بِبَغْدَادَ فِي جُمَادَى الأُوْلَى، سَنَة سِتٍّ وَسِتِّيْنَ وَأَرْبَعِ مائَة، وَحَضَره الكِبَار وَأَربَاب الدَّوْلَة، وَدُفِنَ بدَاره مُدَّة، ثُمَّ نُقل (٥) . وَكَانَ يَدْرِي العَقْلِيَّات. ١٤٥ - ابْنُ القَطَّانِ أَحْمَدُ بنُ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ عِيْسَى القُرْطُبِيُّ * شَيْخُ المَالِكِيَّة، أَبُو عُمَرَ أَحْمَدُ بنُ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ عِيْسَى بنِ هِلاَلٍ القُرْطُبِيُّ.

(١) قال ابن الأثير: النوبختي بضم النون أو فتحها، وسكون الواو وفتح الباء الموحدة وسكون الخاء المعجمة وبعدها تاء، هذه النسبة إلى نوبخت أحد أجداده. (٢) في " تاريخ بغداد " ٤ / ٣٨٢. (٣) سترد ترجمته برقم (٢٤٩) . (٤) انظر " المنتظم " ٨ / ٢٨٧. (٥) في " المنتظم ": ودفن بداره بنهر القلائين، وجلس قاضي القضاة للعزاء به، ثم نقل إلى الخيزرانية. (*) ترتيب المدارك ٤ / ٨١٣، الصلة ١ / ٦١ - ٦٢، العبر ٣ / ٢٤٦، الديباج المذهب ١ / ١٨١ - ١٨٢، النجوم الزاهرة ٥ / ٨٢، شذرات الذهب ٣ / ٣٠٨، شجرة النور الزكية: ١١٩.