أبو بكر المعافري الإشبيلي

أبو بكر المعافري الإشبيلي

تقریباً 1075 عیسوی · 468 ھ – تقریباً 1148 عیسوی · 543 ھ

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Ma'afiri al-Andalusi al-Ishbili, the well-known hafiz. His teacher Ibn Bashkuwal said of him in the Silah: 'He was the wide-ranging hafiz, the last of the scholars of al-Andalus and the last of its masters and hafizs.' He travelled to the East with his father in 485, studied fiqh under al-Turtushi, entered Baghdad and kept company with Abu Bakr al-Shashi and Abu Hamid al-Ghazali. He performed the pilgrimage and entered Egypt, where he wrote down from its scholars. He returned to al-Andalus in 493. He was appointed judge in his town and benefited its people, then was removed from judgeship and turned fully to spreading knowledge. His works include 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi fi sharh al-Tirmidhi' ¹.