قاضي الجماعة ابن حريث

قاضي الجماعة ابن حريث

Ahmad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Sa'd ibn Harith, Abu al-'Abbas al-Lakhmi al-Jayyani al-Qurtubi, Qadi al-Jama'a of Cordoba: a skilled reciter, a critic of recitation, a transmitter of many hadiths, versed in the points of law and its roots, and skilled in many of the ancient sciences, with a keen and quick mind. His works include al-Mashriq fi Islah al-Mantiq and Tanzih al-Quran 'an ma la yaliq bi-al-bayan. The heading prints the dates reversed; this entry reads them as 513 to 592 AH. ^{1 2}