Among his descendants was the illustrious scholar:

137 – Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿIyāḍ, the son of the judge ʿIyāḍ ibn Mūsā al-Yaḥṣabī, originally from Ceuta, a noted grammarian.

Ibn al-Zubayr (1) said: He was born in 584 AH. He studied under Ayyūb ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Fihrī. In al-Jazīrah al-Khaḍrāʾ (Algeciras) he read Sībawayh’s Kitāb for advanced mastery with Abū al-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAlī the grammarian; there, too, he read al-Īḍāḥ of Abū ʿAlī al-Fārisī with Abū al-Ḥajjāj ibn Maʿzūz (2). Abū Jaʿfar al-Saydalānī granted him an authorization from Isfahan in 598 AH, and he served as chief judge of the community in Granada until he died.

He ranked among the most distinguished judges, known for his integrity, extreme scrupulousness, patience with the weak, and firmness toward the powerful. He was virtuous and dignified, always spoke in correct Arabic, and showed great honor to students. Al-Khusūʿī (3) of Damascus also granted him an authorization.

He granted me an authorization as well. He died in Jumādā al-Ākhirah of 655 AH (4)—may Allah have mercy on him. His father, the jurist ʿIyāḍ (5), had passed away earlier, in 630 AH, in Málaga.