Ahmad ibn Abi al-Walid ibn Rushd (father of Ibn Rushd al-Hafid)

Ahmad ibn Abi al-Walid ibn Rushd, whom Muhammad Subhi Hallaq gives the kunya Abu al-Abbas, was a jurist and judge of Cordoba, son of Ibn Rushd al-Jadd and father of Ibn Rushd al-Hafid. ^{1 2}

Hallaq, citing Ibn Abi Usaybi'a, describes him as a versatile imam, jurist, scholar and judge known for dignity and firm religion; he studied with his father and took his law from him, attended Abu Bakr al-Batalyawsi, and heard Abu Muhammad ibn Attab, Ibn Mughith, the two sons of Baqi (Abu al-Qasim and Abu al-Hasan), Ibn al-Arabi, al-Sadafi, Ibn Talid and others. ¹ Al-Bakri calls him a versatile imam, jurist and judge, in whose house - a house of learning, law and judgeship - his son grew up. ²

His son Abu al-Walid, known as al-Hafid, Abu al-Qasim ibn Mada' and others studied with him. ¹ He left a rich barnamaj (list of his teachers and readings), a Qur'an commentary in several volumes, and a commentary on the Sunan of al-Nasa'i that Hallaq calls very full. ¹

He was born in 487 AH and died in 563 AH. ¹