al-Rahman ibn Sultan al-Qurashi al-Zakawi; ʿAbd al-Rahim ibn Abi al-Qasim al-Jurjani al-Shaʿri, brother of Zaynab; the preacher of Damascus, Diyaʾ al-Din al-Dawlaʿi; ʿAli ibn Muhammad ibn ʿAli ibn Yaʿish al-Baghdadi; the Chief Judge Muḥyi al-Din Muhammad ibn ʿAli ibn Muhammad ibn al-Zaki; Abu al-Humam Mahmud ibn ʿAbd al-Munʿim al-Tamimi; Hibat Allah ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Sibt; and Abu al-Qasim Hibat Allah al-Busiri.
195 – al-Shihab al-Tusi, Muhammad ibn Mahmud ibn Muhammad
The shaykh, the imam, the scholar, the erudite authority, head of the Shafiʿis—Shihab al-Din, Abu al-Fath Muhammad ibn Mahmud ibn Muhammad al-Khurasani, al-Tusi, a close disciple of the jurist Muhammad ibn Yahya.
He was born in 522 AH.
He transmitted hadith from Abu al-Waqt al-Sijzi and others.
He travelled to Baghdad, where his stature grew, and became the son-in-law of the Chief Judge Abu al-Barakat ibn al-Thaqafi. He then performed the Hajj, reached Egypt in 579 AH, took up residence in the khanqah (1), and the jurists visited him regularly.