Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Wana'i

محمد بن إسماعيل الونائي

Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Ismail ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad. ¹ He took up learning, studied under Shaykh Shams al-Din al-Barmawi and his generation, became known for his merit, and kept company with a number of notables. ¹ He lodged in the colleges first as a student and then as a teacher, held the teaching of the Shaykhuniyya, and twice held the judgeship of al-Sham (Syria). ¹ He then went back after asking to be relieved of the judgeship and was relieved, in the year 847, and sought the teaching of the Salihiyya beside the tomb of al-Shafi'i, held it for a year and more, and then declined for about two months until he died. ¹ The heading gives two dates, 849 and 788 AH, without saying which is the death date, so none is stated. The book gives no source for this entry.