62 – Ibn Shufnīn, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn Aḥmad al-Qurashī*
The most noble Sharif and eminent ḥadith authority, Abū al-Karam Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿĪsā ibn al-Mutawakkil ʿalā Allāh Jaʿfar son of al-Muʿtaṣim, al-Qurashī, al-ʿAbbāsī, al-Mutawakkilī, of Baghdad. He was commonly known as Ibn Shufnīn, a nickname that originally belonged to ʿUbayd Allāh.
Birth: 549 AH.
He received ijāzas from Abū Bakr ibn al-Zāghūnī, Naṣr ibn Naṣr the preacher, Abū al-Waqt al-Sijzī, Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Ruṭabī, Abū Jaʿfar al-ʿAbbāsī, and Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn (1) al-Turaykī.
He also heard ḥadith from his uncle Abū Tammām ʿAbd al-Karīm ibn Aḥmad and from Yaḥyā ibn al-Sadankī. He was highly respected, distinguished, and of commendable conduct.
Ibn al-Najjār and others spoke well of him.
Those who narrated from him include Majd al-Dīn Ibn al-ʿAdīm, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Sharīshī, and a number of others (2).
Via ijāza he was also transmitted by al-ʿImād ibn al-Bālisī, al-Muṭaʿʿim, Ibn Saʿd, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Najdī, Zaynab daughter of ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Raḍī, Ibn al-Shiḥna, and many more.