in the quest for knowledge, narrated from memory, made the rounds of the elementary schools, and would relate ḥadith to the youngsters. He was truthful, despite his scant learning and poor grasp, and his handwriting was unsightly and full of errors.
Ibrāhīm ibn al-Shiʿār said: “Our shaykh Ibn Khudayr died suddenly on the night of Friday, the thirteenth of Dhuʾl-Ḥijjah in the year 562 AH—may Allah have mercy on him.”
307 – Nafīsa Fāṭima bint Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Bazzāza, the Baghdadi *
She is also called Fāṭima bint Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Bazzāza, the Baghdadi, sister of Abū al-Faraj ibn al-Bazzāza.
She heard (traditions) from: Ṭirād al-Zaynabī and Ibn Ṭalḥa al-Niʿālī.
Those who transmitted from her include: the ḥāfiẓ ʿAbd al-Ghanī, Shaykh Muwaffaq al-Dīn, Abū Isḥāq al-Kāshgharī, and several others; among the earlier generation, Abū Saʿd al-Samʿānī.
She granted authorisation to Ibn Maslamah.
She passed away in Dhuʾl-Ḥijjah, 563 AH.
308 – Ibn al-Zubayr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ghassānī **
Judge al-Rashīd, Abū al-Ḥusayn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad