Ahmad ibn Kamil al-Qadi

Abu Bakr Ahmad b. Kamil b. Khalaf b. Shajara, the Baghdadi qadi — pupil of Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari and author of works in the arts; he held Kufa's judgeship, transmitted from Muhammad b. Sa'd al-'Awfi and a company, and lived ninety years. ¹

Al-Daraqutni: "he would sometimes relate from memory what is not in his book — pride ruined him; he chose for himself and followed no one"; Ibn Razquya: "my eyes never saw his like." ¹