al-Amālī, a rare and valuable work that ranges over many fields. He was eloquent, sweet-spoken, and dignified, with a stately presence; hardly would he utter a single sentence in his gatherings without it imparting a lesson in personal conduct or scholarly etiquette. Two ʿAlawīs once brought their dispute before him. One of them said, “He said to me such-and-such.” Ibn al-Shajarī replied, “My son, be forbearing, for forbearance is the grave of faults.”

Ibn Khallikān (1) said: When Ibn al-Shajarī finished al-Amālī, Ibn al-Khashshāb came to read it to him, but he refused. Ibn al-Khashshāb therefore became hostile toward him, criticized several passages in the book, and declared him mistaken. When Ibn al-Shajarī saw the refutation, he composed al-Intiṣār in reply.

He also said: He was born in Ramadan of the year 450 AH; he passed away on the twenty-sixth of Ramadan, 542 AH, and was buried in his own home. He only began studying hadith in his mature years.

127 – al-Mīhanī, Abū al-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Ṭāhir ibn Saʿīd
The righteous shaykh, Abū al-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Ṭāhir ibn Saʿīd, son of the exemplar Abū Saʿīd Faḍl Allāh ibn Abī al-Khayr al-Mīhanī, the Khurāsānī, the Sufi.

Mīhana is a well-known village (3).