Ibn al-Najjar said: He is Abū Ghālib; his grandfather’s name is unknown. His father worked as an attendant in the household of the Chief of the Chancellors (1), and his mother served that family as a wet-nurse, so he was raised among them. He studied—together with their children—under Abū Jaʿfar ibn al-Muslima, lived to a great age, and eminent ḥadith masters and senior scholars narrated from him. He used to proclaim the takbir in the Congregational Mosque behind the preacher, and the traditions he heard were sound.

111 – Ibn al-Rammāk ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad al-Umawī *
A leading grammarian, Abū al-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿĪsā al-Umawī of Seville—rarely did eyes behold his equal. He taught the Book of Sībawayh, and many distinguished scholars graduated under him. He studied with Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī al-ʿĀfiya and Abū al-Ḥasan ibn al-Akhḍar. Those who transmitted from him include Abū Bakr ibn Khayr, Abū Isḥāq ibn Malkūn, and Abū Bakr ibn Ṭāhir al-Khidabb. He died in middle age in 541 AH.

112 – al-Ghanawī, Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥriz **
The imam, Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥriz (2) al-Ghanawī,