178 – al-Labli Ahmad ibn Tamim ibn Hisham ibn Hayyun *
The Imām and hadith scholar, Muhibb al-Din Ahmad ibn Tamim ibn Hisham ibn Hayyun al-Bahrani, known as al-Labli.
He was born in Labla—one of the villages around Seville—in 573 AH.
He related hadith from his father, Ibn al-Jadd, and Abū ʿAbd Allah ibn Zarqūn.
In Baghdad he heard from Ibn Tabarzadh, in Herat from Abū Rūḥ, and in Nishapur from al-Muʾayyad and Zaynab al-Shaʿriyya.
He applied himself to transmission, wrote extensively, and studied law according to the Shāfiʿī school—though some said he inclined to the Ẓāhirī school.
Among those who reported from him were Majd al-Din Ibn al-ʿAdīm and Taj al-Din ʿAbd al-Khāliq.
He died in Damascus in 625 AH.
179 – Ibn Shiṯ ʿAbd al-Rahīm ibn ʿAlī ibn Ḥusayn al-Qurashi **
The erudite scholar and eloquent writer, Jamāl al-Din ʿAbd al-Rahīm ibn ʿAlī ibn Ḥusayn ibn Shiṯ al-Qurashi, an Umayyad from Ashnaʾ and Qūṣ, served as confidential secretary to al-Muʿaẓẓam.