al-Jalīl ibn Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-Jalīl al-Anṣārī, of the Aws clan, an Andalusian from Córdoba, better known as “al-Qaṣrī” because he lived in Qasr ʿAbd al-Karīm, a fortress of Kutāma in the far-western Maghrib.
He transmitted the Muwaṭṭaʾ from Abū al-Ḥasan ibn Ḥunayn, the disciple of Ibn al-Ṭallāʿ. While at the fortress he kept the company of Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ḥasan ibn Ghālib the ascetic, remained attached to him, and rose to the summit of both knowledge and practice, without peer.
He authored a Tafsīr (Qur’anic commentary), a commentary on the Beautiful Names of Allah, and the book Shuʿab al-Īmān (The Branches of Faith).
His discussion of spiritual realities is elevated and exquisite, usually anchored to transmitted reports; yet at times he spoke from his own ijtihād and spiritual insight—may Allah forgive him.
Abū Jaʿfar ibn al-Zubayr said: “His treatment of the Sufi path is clear, precise, and bound to the outward wording of the Book and Sunnah. He shared in many sciences and commanded Arabic eloquence. With him Sufism in the Maghrib reached its seal, and he was granted a lofty reputation and a fine remembrance unmatched by almost anyone.”
Among those who narrated from him were Abū ʿAbd Allah al-Azdī, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ghāfiqī, and others.
He, Ibn al-Zubayr said, passed away in Ceuta in 608 AH.
6 – Yūnus ibn Yaḥyā al-Hāshimī al-Azajī, the fuller, a resident near the Sacred Precinct.
He heard ḥadith from al-Urmawī, Ibn al-Ṭalāya, Ibn Nāṣir, and several others, and he transmitted in various places.