He also studied with Ahmad ibn ʿAli and with Abū ʿAli al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm, the author of al-Rawḍa, in the year 433 AH (1).
He heard ḥadīth from Abū al-ʿAbbās ibn Nafīs, Muḥammad ibn al-Ṭayyib al-Kahḥāl, and Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Yaḥṣubī.
He was a towering figure in the Qur’an readings, thoroughly versed in grammar and morphology, a jurist of great standing—an authoritative and trustworthy scholar (2).
It is related that he once led al-Muʿtaḍid in the night prayer. While reciting Sūrat al-Raʿd he paused at the words, “Thus does Allah set forth parables” (13:17). Al-Muʿtaḍid remarked, “I had supposed that what follows was a description of the parables, and I understood the verse correctly only because of your pause.” He then ordered that a robe of honor, a horse, a slave-girl, and one thousand dinars be given to him.
Many transmitted from him, among them his son Abū al-Ḥasan Shurayḥ ibn Muḥammad, Abū al-ʿAbbās Ibn ʿAyshūn, and others.
He died on 4 Shawwāl 476 AH, at the age of eighty-two. Another report states that he passed away mid-month. The people mourned him deeply—may Allah have mercy on him—and his son led the funeral prayer.

285 – al-Aʿlam Yūsuf ibn Sulaymān ibn ʿĪsā al-Shantamarī
The master of Arabic, Abū al-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn Sulaymān ibn ʿĪsā