for twenty dinars, and he remarked, “It cost me only a single qirāṭ, for I had bought it together with another book for one dinar and a qirāṭ, then sold that other book for a dinar.” (1)

Al-Silafī said, “He is reliable and well acquainted with the study of narrators.” He also added, “He was trustworthy, knowledgeable in hadith, and had heard many written collections. His brother Abū Muḥammad was likewise a learned, upright, virtuous man, gifted with an eloquent tongue.”

Ibn Nāṣir stated, “He was a book-broker whose dealings were poor; people feared his sharp tongue. He mingled with prominent figures because of the trade in books.”

He passed away on the 26th of Dhū al-Qaʿdah in the year 536 AH.

He once dreamt that he was kissing the Prophet’s foot—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and rubbing his face over it. Ibn al-Khāḍibah said to him, “Rejoice in a long life and in the wide circulation of your hadith, for kissing his feet is following in his footsteps.” (2)

14 – Jamāl al-Islām ʿAlī ibn al-Musallam ibn Muḥammad al-Sulamī*
The shaykh, imām, erudite scholar, and mufti of Syria—known as Jamāl al-Islām, Abū al-Ḥasan.