he died in Egypt (1) at the beginning of 493 AH, in the early nineties of that century. He had been born in 435 AH, and after his death his son returned to al-Andalus.
69 – al-Ḥakkāk, Abū al-Faḍl Jaʿfar ibn Yaḥyā ibn Ibrāhīm al-Tamīmī
The shaykh, imām, ḥadīth master, and teacher, Abū al-Faḍl Jaʿfar ibn Yaḥyā ibn Ibrāhīm al-Tamīmī, a Meccan better known as Ibn al-Ḥakkāk.
He heard ḥadīth from Abū Dharr the ḥāfiẓ, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ardastānī, Abū al-Ḥasan ibn Ṣakhr, Abū Naṣr ʿUbayd Allah al-Sijzī, and several others.
He later came to Baghdad and selected narrations from Abū al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Naqqūr and his circle.
Ibn al-Najjār said: “He was known for his wide learning, sharp memory, accuracy, understanding of fiqh, and truthfulness. He used to compose letters on behalf of the Emir of Mecca, Ibn Abī Hāshim, to the caliph and to various kings; he also collected funds from them and carried the Kiswa, the covering of the Kaʿba (2).”
Those who transmitted from him include Ismāʿīl ibn al-Samarkandī, Ṣāliḥ ibn Shāfiʿ, Muḥammad ibn Nāṣir, Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī al-Ghazzāl, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī ibn al-Baṭṭī, and others.