Qasim ibn Qutlubugha

Zayn al-Din Qasim ibn Qutlubugha al-Jamali al-Misri al-Hanafi, a scholar of many disciplines. He was born in Cairo around 802 AH and memorised the Qur'an, then strove in his studies until his fame spread and his teachers praised him. Among his works are a commentary on "Durar al-Bihar"; the takhrij (the tracing of sources) of the hadiths of "al-Ikhtiyar"; a work on the transmitters of al-Tahawi's "Sharh Maʿani al-Athar"; the takhrij of the hadiths of al-Bazdawi on the principles of law; the takhrij of the hadiths of the commentary on al-Qudduri; "Thiqat al-Rijal" in four volumes; a correction of "Majmaʿ al-Bahrayn"; a gloss on "al-Talwih"; and a commentary on Ibn al-Jazari's verse work on the science of hadith. He studied with Ibn al-Humam, and countless people studied with him. Al-Biqaʿi said, "He is one of the blessings of the age."

He died in Rabiʿ II 879 AH, at the age of seventy-seven ¹.