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Abu Muhammad Abdallah ibn Sulayman ibn Dawud ibn Umar ibn Hawtallah al-Ansari al-Harithi, a jurist of the principles of law, secretary, man of letters and poet. He was born in Muharram 541 AH and died in Granada on 2 Rabi' al-Awwal 612 AH. ²

Al-Maqqari describes him as scrupulous, a memoriser and excellent. He studied the Kitab of Sibawayh and the Mustasfa of al-Ghazali, and used to preach in the gatherings of princes and assemblies. ²

He held the judgeship in Seville, Córdoba, Murcia, Ceuta, Salé and Majorca. ²

He heard hadith by oral transmission in a way that no one else in the West shared, and read more than sixty works, most of them with Ibn Habish, Ibn al-Fakhkhar and al-Suhayli. He was among the pupils of Ibn Habish. ²

His body was carried to Málaga, where he was buried. ²

The date of death in the Gregorian calendar is derived from the Hijri date.