He also heard ḥadīth from Abū Aḥmad ibn Sukaynah.
He lectured in Egypt, Damascus, and Ḥamāh on the booklet entitled Juzʾ al-Ghiṭrīf; it is from him that al-Shihāb al-Dashtī received and transmitted it to us. He served as judge in Ḥamāh and acted as the scribe and envoy for its ruler. Among his writings are Adab al-Quḍāt (Etiquette for Judges), Mushkil al-Wasīṭ (Difficult Passages in al-Wasīṭ), a historical chronicle, as well as works on the various Islamic sects and other subjects. His poetry is of high quality, and he was distinguished by many virtues and a wide reputation.
He passed away in Jumādā al-Ākhirah 642 AH, at the age of sixty lunar years and a few months—may Allah have mercy on him.
97 – al-Ḍiyāʾ al-Maqdisī, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Manṣūr: the shaykh, the imām, the ḥāfiẓ, the exemplar, the precise scholar, the accomplished authority, the proof, one of the last of the early masters—Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn, Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Saʿdī, al-Maqdisī, al-Jammāʿīlī, later al-Dimashqī al-Ṣāliḥī, the Ḥanbalī, noted for his many works and extensive travels.
He was born in 569 AH at al-Dayr al-Mubārak on Mount Qāsiyūn.