Muhammad⦗1⦘, son of Imām Abū ʿAmr Muḥammad, son of the ḥāfiẓ and preacher Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Sayyid al-Nās al-Rubʿī al-Yaʿmuri—the Andalusian from Seville who later settled in Egypt.
He was born within the first ten days of Dhū al-Ḥijjah in 671 AH. He heard a great deal of ḥadīth, and large numbers of shaykhs granted him ijāzah to transmit from them. He entered Damascus in 690 AH, where he heard from al-Kindī and others. Devoting himself to learning, he surpassed his peers in many sciences: ḥadīth, jurisprudence, grammar, the Arabic language, Sīrah, history, and more. He compiled a fine two-volume prophetic biography⦗2⦘ and produced an elegant commentary on the opening portion of “Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī.” I have seen one volume of it in his own beautiful hand. He wrote with precision and polish, benefitting others and excelling, though not entirely free of criticism. His poetry is exquisite, his prose harmonious; he possessed consummate eloquence, masterly arrangement and composition, quick wit, and a sound inner state. He also authored a Salafi creed based on Quranic verses, Prophetic reports, and the narrations of the early generations, strictly following the Sunnah. Other exploits are likewise ascribed to him, and Allah cares for them⦗3⦘. He also composed beautiful eulogies in praise of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ⦗4⦘.
He served as shaykh al-ḥadīth at the Ẓāhiriyyah in Cairo and delivered the sermon in the Khandaq Mosque. Taken as a whole, no one in Egypt equalled him in memorising chains of transmission, textual matns, hidden defects, jurisprudence, literary curiosities, poetry, and anecdotes.
He died suddenly on Saturday, 11 Shaʿbān. The funeral prayer was held the next day; a large crowd attended, and he was buried beside Ibn Abī Jamrah⦗5⦘—may Allah have mercy on them both.
Qāḍī Majd al-Dīn⦗6⦘ Haramī⦗7⦘ ibn Qāsim ibn Yūsuf al-ʿĀmirī al-Fāqūsī, a Shāfiʿī, served as administrator of the Bayt al-Māl and as lecturer in the Shāfiʿī school⦗8⦘ and others. He was energetic and resolute; though advanced in years he continued to memorise, teach, study, and deliver lessons from memory until he died on the 2nd of Dhū al-Ḥijjah. After him, the Shāfiʿī chair was assigned to Shams