He also studied jurisprudence under Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā al-Tamīmī and Qāḍī Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Masīlī.

He became deeply versed in the Islamic sciences, collecting, compiling, and authoring works that were borne by caravans far and wide, so that his name resounded throughout the lands.

Khalaf ibn Bashkuwāl (1) said: “He was a man of learning, versatility, intelligence, and keen understanding. He was appointed judge in Ceuta for a long period, during which his conduct was praised. He was then transferred to the judiciary of Granada, where he did not stay long, after which he came to us in Córdoba and we studied under him.”

The jurist Muḥammad ibn Ḥammādah al-Sabtī said: “The Qāḍī began participating in scholarly debate when he was about twenty-eight years old, and he assumed the judgeship at thirty-five. He was gentle yet without weakness, unwavering in defense of the truth. He studied under Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Tamīmī and kept company with the jurist Abū Isḥāq ibn Jaʿfar. No one in Ceuta during his era produced more writings than he did. Among them are: al-Shifāʾ fī sharaf al-Muṣṭafā, in a single volume (2); Tertīb al-Madārik wa-taqrīb al-Masālik fī dhikr Fuqahāʾ Madhhab Mālik, in several volumes (3); a work entitled al-ʿAqīdah; a commentary on the ḥadith of Umm Zarʿ (4); and the book Jāmiʿ