Abū al-Futūḥ al-Bakrī, and Abū al-Qāsim al-Dawlaʿī, Makki ibn ʿAlī al-Harbī, Abū al-Fath ibn Shatil, and Naṣr Allāh ibn Manṣūr al-Numayrī; he heard from him the sermons of Ibn Nubata. Ibn Nabhan informed us.
159 – al-Kamāl Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad al-Maʿarrī (1)
The unmatched mufti, the repeat lecturer of the Rawāḥiyya under Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ, one of the scholars who lived by their knowledge.
Abū Shāmah (2) said: “He was learned, ascetic, humble, and altruistic.”
I add: He occupied the seat of teaching and fatwā for a time, and a number of students studied jurisprudence with him. He was an exemplar of scrupulous piety; various posts were offered to him but he declined, saying, “There are others in town who can fill my place.” He fasted constantly and gave a third of his stipend in charity, preferring his kinsfolk. Every Ramadan he would write out a complete copy of the Qur’an and dedicate it as a waqf. He suffered an abdominal illness for forty days and died when he was a little over sixty. Tall and dark-complexioned, he was greatly revered by our shaykh al-Burhān al-Iskandarānī, who would often describe his noble traits.
He passed away in Dhū al-Qaʿda, 650 AH; on that day a venerable elder also died