Qutb al-Din al-Tarithithi

Abu'l-Ma'ali Mas'ud b. Muhammad b. Mas'ud b. Tahir al-Nisaburi al-Tarithithi, the Shafi'i jurist called Qutb al-Din; he studied fiqh at Nishapur, heard hadith and saw the ustadh Abu Nasr al-Qushayri, and lectured at Nishapur's Nizamiyya in al-Juwayni's stead. He came to Damascus in 504, preached, and taught at the Amajdiyya then at the western zawiya of the Umayyad Mosque; he went to Aleppo and taught at the two madrasas built by Nur al-Din and Asad al-Din Shirkuh, then held the chair at Hamadan before returning. He was modest and unpretentious. ¹