372 – Ibn ʿAbd, al-Khaḍir ibn Shibl ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Ḥārithī *
The jurist, erudite scholar, Abū al-Barakāt al-Khaḍir ibn Shibl ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Ḥārithī, a Damascene Shāfiʿī, was professor at the Ghazāliyya and the Mujāhidiya (1) madrasas and served as the preacher of Damascus.
He was born in 486 AH.
He heard hadith from Abū al-Qāsim al-Nasīb, Abū Ṭāhir al-Ḥinnāʾī, Subayʿ ibn Qīrāṭ, and a number of others.
He pursued legal studies under Jamāl al-Islām (2) and others.
Those who transmitted from him include Abū al-Qāsim Ibn ʿAsākir, his son Bahāʾ al-Dīn, Abū Naṣr Ibn al-Shīrāzī, and a group besides.
Ibn ʿAsākir said: “He copied a great deal of fiqh and hadith, began teaching in 518 AH and issuing legal opinions. His fatwas were sound, his memorization vast, and he was thoroughly reliable, with evident dignity. He addressed disputed questions and matters of legal theory. I attended his lessons for a time. He died in 562 AH.” (3)
373 – ʿUmārah, Abū Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Zaydān al-Ḥakamī **
The distinguished scholar, Abū Muḥammad ʿUmārah ibn ʿAlī ibn Zaydān al-Ḥakamī al-Madhḥijī,