He was born in 583 AH. He studied the rational sciences with Fakhr al-Din al-Razi and learned dialectics under al-Tawusi, and he heard hadith from al-Muʿayyad al-Tusi.
He ranked among the sharpest minds of the scholastic theologians and the foremost philosopher-physicians, distinguished for his piety and devotion. He left three works: one on grammar, another on legal theory, and a third containing philosophical ciphers.
Ibn Abi Usaybiʿa (1) said, “I read to him al-Tabsira by Ibn Sahlān.”
Those who narrated from him include al-Muʿin al-Qurashi, Jamal ibn al-Sabuni, and his own son, Chief Justice Shihab al-Din Muhammad.
Khuy is a town in the province of Azerbaijan.
He passed away in Shaʿban 637 AH, still in his middle years, after a severe fever. He had held the judgeship of Damascus, for which he was praised.
48 – Ibn ʿAskar, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Khadir al-Ghassani: judge, eminent scholar, and polymath—Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Khadir.