346 – Ẓāfir ibn al-Qāsim ibn Manṣūr
The foremost poet of his day, Abū Manṣūr al-Judhāmī, an Alexandrian known as “the Blacksmith.” He left behind a celebrated collected volume of verse (1).

Abū Ṭāhir al-Silafī and others transmitted his poetry. He is the author of the line:
“Lovers may rail against the ever-watchful spy—
would that I could taste of union what the spy himself would fear.”

Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Āmidī relates: “I visited the governor of Alexandria and found that his little finger was swollen from a tight ring. I said, ‘The prudent course is to cut the ring off,’ and I sent for Ẓāfir the Blacksmith. He cut through the band and, on the spot, improvised:
‘All creation falls short of your praise—
though countless poets in prose and verse abound.
He whose very palm is a boundless sea
finds a ring too small for his little finger!’
The governor then presented him with the ring, which was of gold.

He passed away in 529 AH.

347 – Ibn Ḥamūyah, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ḥamūyah ibn Muḥammad
The imam and gnostic, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ḥamūyah ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥamūyah