a Shāfiʿī preacher, widely known as al-ʿIrāqī (1). He was born in Egypt in 510 AH. He travelled in search of knowledge, studied jurisprudence, and excelled in the school under Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Urmawī, a disciple of Shaykh Abū Isḥāq. He then continued his studies with Abū al-Ḥasan Ibn al-Khall and, back in Egypt, with the judge Mujallī ibn Jumayʿ. After that he occupied the teaching chair, produced many graduates, and was appointed preacher of the main congregational mosque of Egypt.
He composed a valuable commentary on al-Muhadhdhab (2). He was the maternal grandfather of the celebrated scholar al-ʿIrāqī. His conduct was upright and his affairs commendable. He passed away in Jumādā I, 596 AH. He also composed poetry and possessed many virtues.
162 – al-Sāwī, ʿUbayd Allah ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Jalīl *
The leading scholar, Abū Muḥammad ʿUbayd Allah ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Jalīl, the son of Shaykh Abū—
(al-Mushtabih, pp. 588–589), where the matter is corrected.
(1) Al-Zaki al-Mundhiri states in al-Takmila: “He travelled to Baghdad, studied there, and remained for a time; for that reason he was called al-‘Iraqi.” Others add that in Baghdad he was also known as al-Misri (the Egyptian).
(2) Al-Safadi notes that the work extends to ten parts—that is, ten volumes.
(*) Ibn Nuqtah devoted an entry to him in al-Taqyid, fol. 152, and al-Muhibb Ibn al-Najjar in al-Tarikh al-mujaddad, fol. 106 (Zahiriyya collection), remarking: “I wrote from him; he was reliable and noble, and I have seen no one his equal in that discipline.” In the latter, the date of his death is miscopied as 576, an obvious scribal error.
Al-Mundhiri likewise includes him in al-Takmila, no. 515, noting that he granted him a general ijaza and that he was the last member of the al-Sawi family, leaving no heirs.
The date of his death is also recorded by Ibn al-Sa‘i in al-Jami‘ al-mukhtasar, 9/23, and by al-Dhahabi in Tarikh al-Islam, fol. —