Among those who studied under him was al-Muhadhdhab al-Dikhwār. Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿa relates in his History: “Radi al-Din al-Raḥbī told me, ‘Everyone who read with me prospered and people benefited through them, and I never taught anyone from the ahl al-dhimma (non-Muslim subjects).’ Yet ʿImrān the Jew and Ibrāhīm the Samaritan did read with him after mediators interceded, and each of them attained distinction.”
Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿa continues: “In 623 AH I studied a number of books with him and gained much benefit. He was fond—indeed captivated—by trade, took careful account of his health, and would never climb a staircase. He owned an orchard. The vizier Ibn Shukr had confined himself to eating chicken until his complexion became sallow, whereupon Radi advised him, ‘Adhere to mutton.’ He did so, and his colour returned.”
He passed away on the Day of ʿĀshūrāʾ, 631 AH, at the age of ninety-seven. He left two sons who were physicians: Sharaf al-Din ʿAlī and Jamal al-Din ʿUthmān.
238 – Ibn Ṣabbāḥ, Abū Ṣādiq al-Ḥasan ibn Yaḥyā al-Makhzūmī
The Shaykh, eminent scholar, and trustworthy transmitter, titled Nushūʾ al-Mulk: Abū Ṣādiq al-Ḥasan ibn Yaḥyā ibn Ṣabbāḥ ibn Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-Makhzūmī, an Egyptian scribe who served as one of the treasury notaries in Damascus.
His birth took place in Egypt, in the alley of Banū Jumah, on the tenth of Jumādā al-Ūlā in 541 AH.