His brother Tamim, however, had obtained a set of authorizations for the Caliph al-Nasir; when he presented these licences the Caliph rewarded him, whereupon he spoke in defence of his brother, saying that the latter had not given sheer false testimony but had relied on the statement of the judge Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar al-ʿAbbasi (1), and that the ustādh-dār Ibn Yunus had acted against him out of partisanship. Al-Nasir therefore reinstated him to upright standing, and the judge Abu al-Qasim ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Damghani accepted him without any formal commendation (2).

Ibn al-Najjar said: “I read to him extensively and found him extremely meticulous, unwilling to overlook even a single letter. Yet for all that, his source manuscripts were obscure, as were his handwriting and his collations; he lacked decorum, was slovenly in appearance, and his condition betrayed a careless attitude toward religious matters. Shameful deeds are reported of him. I asked our shaykh Ibn al-Akhdar about him and about his brother, and he stated categorically that they were both liars.”

His brother:

– Abu al-Qasim Tamim ibn Abi Bakr Ahmad ibn Ahmad al-Azaji, an instructor of the community; he was the younger of the two. He was born in 545 AH ⦗3⦘.