—Sībawayh (1). Then he would add, “Niṭfawayh has gathered all of these schools together, and with him the discussion reaches its utmost limit (2).”

43 – Ibn al-Mughalis, ʿAbd Allah ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Baghdādī *
The Imām, erudite scholar, and jurist of Iraq, Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAbd Allah, son of the ḥadith master Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Mughalis al-Baghdādī, a Dāʾūdī Ẓāhirī and the author of numerous works.

He transmitted ḥadith from his grandfather, from Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Shākir, Abū Qilābah al-Raqāshī, Ismāʿīl the judge, and their peers.

He studied fiqh under Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Dāʾūd, in which he excelled and attained prominence.

Among those who received knowledge from him were Abū al-Mufaḍḍal al-Shaybānī and others.

Through him the Ẓāhirī madhhab spread throughout the lands (3). He was a veritable ocean of learning. His transmissions were carried by his student Ḥaydara ibn ʿUmar, the judge ʿAbd Allah ibn Muḥammad ibn Ukht Walīd, the chief judge of Egypt, the jurist ʿAlī ibn Khālid al-Baṣrī, and a number of others.

Among his writings are: the Book of Qurʾānic Rulings (Aḥkām al-Qurʾān); al-Muwaḍḍiḥ on jurisprudence; al-Mubhij; al-Dāmiġ, a refutation of his opponents; and other works besides these (4).