I say: Ibn al-Athir (1) and Sibt Ibn al-Jawzi (2) took exception to this, yet they still held Ḥammād—may Allah have mercy on him—in high esteem; Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir was counted among his pupils.

345 – Ibn Zuhr, Abū al-ʿAlāʾ Zuhr ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad
The incomparable scholar, Abū al-ʿAlāʾ Zuhr ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad ibn Marwān ibn Zuhr al-Iyādī, from Seville, a physician and a poet.

He studied medicine under his father, mastered it, and wrote on it to such an extent that the people of al-Andalus are proud of him. He also studied under Abū ʿAlī al-Jiyyānī and ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ayyūb.

His poetry is exquisite. He was generous and of noble bearing, though at times coarse of speech. He ingratiated himself with the ruling authorities until the leadership of his city was entrusted to him.

Those who transmitted from him include his son Abū Marwān, Abū ʿĀmir ibn Yanq, and Abū Bakr ibn Abī Marwān.

He authored the Book of Simple Drugs, the Book of Properties, the Book Unraveling al-Rāzī’s Doubts (3), and other works. His father was hailed as the king of physicians, while his grandfather was a jurist who issued legal opinions.

Abū al-ʿAlāʾ passed away in Córdoba in 525 AH, after being struck by hardship.