Ismaʿil ibn Muhammad al-Taymi was asked about him and replied, “A righteous shaykh whose supplication brings blessings; he heard a great deal from al-Muhallabi.”
I say: He passed away on the last day of Shawwal in 483 AH.
7 – Ibn Abi al-ʿAlaʾ, ʿAli ibn Muhammad ibn ʿAli al-Maṣṣīṣī *
The imam, jurist, mufti, and chief hadith transmitter of Damascus: Abu al-Qasim ʿAli ibn Muhammad ibn ʿAli ibn Ahmad ibn Abi al-ʿAlaʾ al-Maṣṣīṣī ⦗1⦘, later known as al-Dimashqi—the Shafiʿi scholar and expert in the laws of inheritance.
Birth: Rajab 400 AH.
While still young he learned from the senior authorities, travelled in search of knowledge, and succeeded in obtaining the higher chains of transmission.
He heard from: Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman al-Qattan; ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Abi Nasr; Abu Nasr ibn Harun; ʿAbd al-Wahhab ibn Jaʿfar al-Maydani; ʿAbd al-Wahhab al-Murri; many others in Damascus; and Abu al-Hasan ibn al-Hammami ⦗2⦘ in Baghdad.
He and his companion ʿAbd al-ʿAziz al-Kattani managed to reach him while he was ill, whereupon they heard four hadiths from him, and he also heard