the Basran.
He came to Egypt with his father in the year 161 AH (1) and later travelled to the Maghrib. He [Ibn Yūnus] said: “He was trustworthy, reliable, a jurist on the school of Abū Ḥanīfah, and one of the eminent figures of Egypt.”

When the caliph al-Maʾmūn arrived in Egypt, ʿAbd al-Ghaffār would sit with him, and several reports describe their meetings.

Abū Ḥātim said: “There is nothing objectionable in him.” (2)

Al-Khaṭīb said: “He heard hadith in Basra, Egypt, Syria, and al-Jazīrah. He disliked being called ‘al-Ḥarrānī’; the name only stuck because his two brothers, ʿAbd Allāh and ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, were born in Ḥarrān, where they enjoyed considerable wealth and comfort. His other two brothers, ʿAbd al-Khāliq and ʿAbd al-Ṣamad, were born in Ifrīqiyyah, and the family later moved away from there.” (3)

Ibn Yūnus said: “Abū Ṣāliḥ died in Egypt in Shaʿbān of the year 224 AH.” I say: The one who claimed that he died in 228 AH was mistaken.

140 – ʿĪsā ibn Dīnār Abū Muḥammad al-Ghāfiqī al-Qurṭubī *

He was the jurist and mufti of al-Andalus, the Imām Abū Muḥammad al-Ghāfiqī of Córdoba. He undertook a scholarly journey, stayed closely with Ibn al-Qāsim for a long period and relied upon him. He was devout, virtuous, and scrupulous, and was remembered for having his prayers answered.