Yaḥyā ibn al-Ṣayrafī said:
“Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Qubayṭī related it to us as it was read before him; Abū Saʿd the ḥadith master also transmitted it to us; more than one transmitter passed it on to us in composite form, all of them saying, ‘The author—may Allah have mercy on him—informed us.’

74 – Ibn Mughīth, Abū l-Ḥasan Yūnus ibn Muḥammad al-Qurṭubī

He was the imam, erudite scholar, ḥadith master, and leading mufti: Abū l-Ḥasan Yūnus ibn Muḥammad ibn Mughīth ibn Muḥammad, a descendant of the imam and traditionist Yūnus ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Mughīth al-Qurṭubī, adherent of the Mālikī school.

Birth: Rajab, 447 AH.

After 460 AH he studied with Ḥātim ibn Muḥammad, Abū ʿUmar ibn al-Ḥaddāʾ, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Bashīr, Abū Marwān ibn Sirāj, Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Manẓūr, Muḥammad ibn Saʿdūn al-Qarawī, Abū Jaʿfar ibn Rizq, Muḥammad ibn al-Faraj, and Abū ʿAlī al-Ghassānī, the ḥadith master.

Ibn Bashkuwāl (1) said: “He was learned in language and grammar, conversant with rare expressions and genealogies, richly endowed with literary culture, an early and persistent seeker of knowledge, of distinguished family and lineage, a collector of books, a transmitter of historical reports, a pleasant companion, eloquent, frequently consulted, an expert on narrators, their eras, and the reliable among them. He was thoroughly acquainted with the scholars and kings of al-Andalus, and many people received knowledge from him. I read to him myself and he granted me an authorization. He died in Jumādā al-Ākhirah 532 AH, and the funeral prayer was led by his son Abū l-Walīd.”