ابن الوكيل (محمد بن عبد الله، ت 738 هـ)

ابن الوكيل (محمد بن عبد الله، ت 738 هـ)

Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn Makki ibn Abd al-Samad, Abu Abd Allah al-Umawi al-Dimashqi, known as Ibn al-Wakil: a Shafi'i jurist and usulist who knew the law and its principles well. He heard in Cairo from Ibn Daqiq al-Id and in Damascus from Sharaf al-Din al-Fazari, Ishaq al-Nahhas and his uncle Sadr al-Din; he taught at the shrine of al-Husayn, deputised in judging at Damascus, and was given by al-Nasir the teaching of al-Shamiyya al-Barraniyya. ¹ His death is given as 738 AH in the heading. ¹