—the Ghassānī from Málaga, a Mālikī jurist, known as Ibn ʿAskar.

Ibn al-Zubayr records: “He transmitted hadith from Abū al-Ḥajjāj Ibn al-Shaykh, Abū Zakariyyā al-Iṣbahāni, Abū al-Khaṭṭāb Ibn Wājib, Abū Sulaymān Ibn Ḥawṭ Allah, and several others. In advanced age he applied himself assiduously to transmission. He ranked high in stature, was devout, and excelled in many disciplines—law, grammar, literature, and calligraphy. A gifted poet and leading specialist in legal formularies, he was pleasant in company, open-handed, and generous. After first serving as acting judge, he was appointed to the full judgeship of his hometown. He authored works, inclined toward ijtihād, and later regretted his negligence in not studying under the great masters.

Among his writings are al-Mashraʿ al-rawī fī al-ziyādah ʿalā Gharībī al-Harawī (1) and Itmām ʿalā Kitāb al-Taʿrīf wa-l-Iʿlām by al-Suhaylī.

He died in 636 AH (2).

49 – ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn ʿAbd al-Rashīd ibn ʿAlī ibn Bunaymān al-Hamadhānī, judge of the eastern quarter of Baghdad, Abū Bakr al-Hamadhānī, the Shāfiʿī.