القضاعي صاحب الشهاب

القضاعي صاحب الشهاب

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Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Salama ibn Ja'far al-Qada'i, Shafi'i jurist. Ibn Asakir mentions him in the Ta'rikh Dimashq. He held the judgeship in Egypt as deputy of al-Zahir ibn al-Hakim, ruler of Egypt, and was sent as envoy to the land of the Byzantines (al-Rum). His works include the book al-Shihab on judicature, Manaqib al-Imam al-Shafi'i wa-akhbaruhu, al-Inba' 'an al-anba', Tawarikh al-khulafa and Khitat Misr. Ibn Makula mentions him in al-Ikmal, saying he was accomplished in several sciences ¹; he performed the hajj in 445, and al-Khatib al-Baghdadi heard hadith from him ².