Muhammad al-Nuwayri 'al-Khidr'

Muhammad al-Nuwayri, called al-Khidr, a Shafiʿi. He was born in Rabiʿ II 762 AH. He heard from Izz Ibn Jamaʿa, Ibn Habib, Ibn ʿAbd al-Muʿti and al-Umyuti, and he was granted a licence by al-Mal al-Istawi and Abu al-Baqa al-Subki and others. He deputised in judicial matters for his relative Izz al-Din ibn Muhibb al-Din and was appointed judge of Medina for a short time, but he did not go there; he appointed Ibn al-Mutri as his deputy and was dismissed. He was very large in build, and he improved toward the end. He was the father of Abu al-Yaman, preacher of the Haram.

He died on the fourteenth of Dhu al-Hijja 832 AH ¹.