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al-Qada'i

القضاعي صاحب الشهاب

c. 1062 CE · 454 AH

Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Salama ibn Ja'far al-Qada'i, Shafi'i jurist. Ibn Asakir mentions him in the Ta'rikh Dimashq. He held the judgeship in Egypt as deputy of al-Zahir ibn al-Hakim, ruler of Egypt, and was sent as envoy to the land of the Byzantines (al-Rum). His works include the book al-Shihab on judicature, Manaqib al-Imam al-Shafi'i wa-akhbaruhu, al-Inba' 'an al-anba', Tawarikh al-khulafa and Khitat Misr. Ibn Makula mentions him in al-Ikmal, saying he was accomplished in several sciences 1; he performed the hajj in 445, and al-Khatib al-Baghdadi heard hadith from him 2.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: Abu al-Fath Abd al-Baqi al-Haddad al-Hanbali al-Faradi · Abd al-Malik Ibn Attash · Abdallah ibn Hamuwayh al-Juwayni · Abu al-Hasan al-Ibadi · Abu al-Mahasin al-Ruyani

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Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad b. Salama b. Ja'far al-Quda'i, the Shafi'i jurist; Ibn 'Asakir mentions him in Tarikh Dimashq — he held Egypt's judgeship as deputy for al-Zahir b. al-Hakim, lord of Egypt, and journeyed as envoy toward Byzantium; among his works: the Kitab al-shihab on judgeship, Manaqib al-imam al-Shafi'i wa-akhbaruh, al-Inba' 'an al-anba', Tawarikh al-khulafa' and Khitat Misr; Ibn Makula mentions him in the Ikmal: he was versatile in several sciences. 1

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  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
  2. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 301-302
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