in this respect; perhaps the reason for this was that, at the time, most scholars were residing either in Iraq or in the Levant. Thus Abu Muhammad first travelled with his family from Palestine to Damascus, and in 561 AH he journeyed to Baghdad, where he studied under its foremost scholars—chief among them ʿAbd al-Qadir al-Jilani, the Hanbali. He then returned to Damascus and, on the way, benefited from some of the scholars of Mosul. In 567 AH he set out for Baghdad once again, after which he returned to Damascus.

Fourth: His teachers
Abu Muhammad—may Allah have mercy on him—studied under a number of eminent scholars in various disciplines and, through them, attained an abundant share of knowledge. Among them were: