Ibn ʿAsākir said, “Al-Amīn passed away on the sixth of Muḥarram, in the year 524 AH—may Allah have mercy on him.”

331 – Ibn Yarbūʿ, Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd

The teacher, ḥāfiẓ, meticulous scholar, and authoritative proof: Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd ibn Sulaymān ibn Yarbūʿ al-Shanṭarīnī, later al-Ishbīlī, who finally settled in Córdoba.

He heard hadith from: Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Manẓūr (Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī), Abū Muḥammad ibn Khazraj, Ḥātim ibn Muḥammad, Abū Marwān ibn Sirāj, Abū ʿAlī al-Ghassānī, and several others.

He received authorization from Abū al-ʿAbbās ibn Dilhāth (1).

Among those who narrated from him is Abū al-Qāsim ibn Bashkuwāl, who said: “He was a ḥāfiẓ of hadith and its hidden defects, deeply acquainted with its transmitters and with criticism and accreditation, precise and trustworthy. He wrote a great deal, accompanied Abū ʿAlī al-Ghassānī closely and was singled out by him; Abū ʿAlī preferred him and described him as knowledgeable and intelligent.

“He also composed the book al-Iqlīd fī Bayān al-Asānīd (The Key: Clarification of Chains of Transmission) and the book …”