4.5.1 - (List of Some of His Sheikhs)

1. - One of our (early) sheikhs is Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Khalaf bin Safi al-Lakhmi (of Seville, died in 585 AH), may Allah have mercy upon him.  (As we showed in section 2.2.10 of volume I, the Greatest Sheikh mentioned this Sheikh, Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Khalaf bin Safi al-Lakhmi, in the Meccan Revelations [I.331, 425, 649, IV.550] and in the Holy Spirit and others. He said that he used to read on him in his mosque known as the Arch of the Apse in Seville in 578 AH, as we explained in the first volume).

I read on him the Noble Qur’an, according to the seven readings, and the book “The Sufficient: Al-Kafi” by Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Shuraih al-Ruʿaini, the reciter according to the doctrines of the seven famous reciters. He narrated this book to me after the author's son Abu-l-Hassan Shuraih al-Ruʿaini, on the authority of his father, the author (Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Shuraih al-Ruʿaini, who died in 476 AH).

2. One of our sheikhs, also in the Noble Qur'an, is Abu al-Qasim Abdul-Rahman ibn Ghaleb al-Sharrat (al-Ansari), a native of Cordoba (where he died in 586 AH). I also read on him the Qur'an in the mentioned book (The Sufficient), and he narrated it after the author's son Abu-l-Hassan Shuraih al-Ruʿaini, on the authority of his father, the author, Muhammad Ibn Shuraih the Reciter (al-Muqri).

3. One of our sheikhs is the Judge Abu Muhammad Abdullah (bin Muhammad bin Isa) al-Tadili (al-Fasi), the judge of Fez (who died in Meknes in 597 AH), may Allah have mercy upon him. He also narrated to me the book of “The Insight into the Doctrines of the Seven Readers: al-Tabsira fi madhahib al-qurra' al-sabaʿa”, by Abu Muhammad Makki bin Talib al-Muqri, on the authority of Abu Bahr Sufyan bin al-Qadi, on the authority of the author, and all the writings of Makki as well, and he gave me a general leave.

4. - Among our sheikhs also is (the Great Imam, the Jurist, the Narrator of Morocco) the Judge Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Ahmed (bin Abdul-Malik bin Musa bin Abdul-Malik bin Walid) bin Abi Jamra (al-Andalusian al-Murci, belonging to Murcia, the birthplace of Sheikh Muhyiddin, and he died in 599 AH), may Allah have mercy on him. I heard on him the book of “The Facilitation in the Doctrine of the Seven Readers: al-taysir fi madhahib al-qurra' al-sabaʿa” written by Abu ʿAmro al-Dani, the Reciter. He narrated it to me after his father, after the author, as well as all the writings of al-Dani, and he gave me a general leave.

5. - Among our sheikhs also is Judge Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Saʿid bin Zarqoun al-Ansari (died in Seville in 586 AH), from whom I heard the book "The Inquiry: al-Taqassi", by Abu Omar ibn Abd al-Barr al-Nimeiri al-Shatibi, and he narrated to me after Abu Imran Musa bin Abi Bakir, after the author, including also all his writings, such as: "Al-Ass The memento (the mosque for the doctrines of scholars and scholars of the countries), the "preface (for the meanings and the meanings of the sins)", "assimilation (in the knowledge of the companions)" and "selection (in the virtues of the three imams of the fuqaha'a)", and he authorized me to take a general leave and allowed me to narrate all his works after him.

6. Among our sheikhs also is the Traditionalist Abu Muhammad Abd al-Haq (bin Muhammad) bin Abd al-Rahman bin Abd allah (bin Al-Hussein bin Saʿid) al-Azdi al-Ishbili (known as Ibn al-Kharrat, who died in Bejaia in 581 AH), may Allah bestow His mercy upon him. He narrated to me all his works in hadith, and specified for me from their names: "Indoctrination of the Novice", "the Minor Provisions", "the Grand (Provisions)" and "the Medium (Provisions)", the book of "Al-Tahajjud" and "Al-ʿAaqiba", and his prose and poetry. He also narrated to me the book of Imam Abu Muhammad Ali bin Ahmed bin Hazm after Abu al-Hassan Shuraih bin Muhammad Ibn Shuraih, after him (i.e. the author).

7. Among our sheikhs also is (Jamal al-Din Abu al-Qasim) Abdul Samad bin Muhammad bin Abu al-Faddel bin (Ali bin Abdul Wahid al-Ansari al-Dimashqi) al-Harastani [belonging to Harasta, a countryside near Damascus] (the Imam, Mufti, the Narrattor of the Levant, the Sheikh of Islam, and the judge, who died in 614 AH). I heard on him the "Sahih of Muslim"; He narrated it to me on the authority of al-Farawi, on the authority of Abd al-Ghafir al-Farsi (and on the margin: al-Qari, i.e. the Reciter) on the authority of al-Jaludi, on the authority of Ibrahim al-Marwazi, on the authority of (the author Imam) Muslim, and he gave me a general leave.

8. Among our sheikhs also (Jamal al-Din, Abu Muhammad, and Abu al-Hassan) Younis bin Yahya bin Abi al-Hassan (bin Abu al-Barakat bin Ahmed bin Obaidullah, bin Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Hamza bin Ismail) Al-Abbasi (known as al-Qassar al-Baghdadi), the dweller in Mecca (where he died in 608 AH, and He was buried in al-Muallat [the historical cemetery in Mecca where many Companions and great scholars are buried].), I heard many books of hadith and humanities, including "Sahih Al-Bukhari", he narrated it to me after the pole of time (who is Sheikh Abdul-Awwal bin Isa bin Shoaib al-Sijazi, to whom ended up the attributing of Sahih al-Bukhari, who narrated it) after al-Daoudi, after al-Hamwi, after al-Firbari, after (the author) al-Bukhari..

(Sheikh Muhyiddin met him in Mecca when he arrived to it from al-Andalus, and he dressed him the Qadiri rag, that he was dressed by the succor pole Muhyiddin Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani, who was also the one who first blessed him [after he was born], and then later became one of his prominent successors, may Allah bless them all. The Greatest Sheikh mentioned him in the Meccan Revelations: I.32, II.338, 348, 408, IV.524, and in Lecturing the Righteous, and other books)

9. - Also among our sheikhs is al-Makin Abu Shujaa (al-Muqri), Zaher ibn Rustam (ibn Abi al-Rajaa) al-Asfahani (originally, Al-Baghdadi where he was born in 526 AH and died in Dhiul-Qada 609 AH.), the Imam of the maqam; I heard on him the book of “(Sunan) at-Tirmidhi” by Abi Issa. He narrated it to me on the authority of al-Karukhi (after) al-Uruji, after al-Jarrahi, after al-Mahboubi, on the authority of al-Tirmidhi (the author), and he authorized me with a general Leave.

(The Greatest Master also narrated after his elder sister Fakhr-ul-Nisaa bint Rustum, and he was married to his daughter, Nizam, in whom he wrote the "Turjuman al-Ashwaq", as we mentioned in section 4.5.1 of the first volume.)

10. - Among our sheikhs also is Al-Burhan (i.e. Burhanuddin, Abul-Fotouh), Nasr ibn (Abi al-Faraj Muhammad) ibn Ali (ibn) al-Husari (died 619 AH), the imam of the Hanbali shrine in Mecca, may be guarded by Allah Almighty. I heard on him many books, including the Sunan of Abu Dawud Ibn Ashaath al-Sijistani, where he narrated it to me after Abu Jaafar Ibn Muhammad bin Ali bin Muhammad al-Samani (the judge of Mosul, where he died in 444 AH), after Abu Bakr Ahmad bin Ali bin Thabet al-Khatib, after Abu Omar al-Qasim ibn Jaafar ibn Abdul-Wahid Al-Hashimi al-Basri, (after) Ali bin Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Omar al-Lualui, after Abu Dawood (the author), and he gave me a general leave, and he narrated to me the books of Ibn Al-Khatib after Abu Jaafar al-Sijistani.

11. From our sheikhs also: Salem ibn Rizkallah al-Ifriqi, I heard him "al-Mu'lim fi Fawa'id (Sahih) Muslim", to Al-Maziri. He narrated it to me after him (i.e. after Al-Maziri, the author) and all his works and books, and he gave me a general leave.

 (we did not find any biography for Shaykh Salem ibn Rizkallah al-Ifriqi).

12. Among our sheikhs also: Muhammad ibn Abi al-Walid bin Ahmed bin Shibil (in the Princeton edition of "Bin Sunbul", but the correct is the known philosopher Ibn Rushd, the grandson, Abu al-Walid Muhammad bin Ahmed bin Ahmed bin Ahmed bin Rushd, died in 595 AH). I read many of his books, and he handed me the book "The End of the Hardworking and Beginning of the Adequate" on the Rules of Legitimacy, that belongs to him.

(This mentioned book remained in the possession of Sheikh Muhyiddin until he passed away, to be inherited by his son Saad al-Din, who gave it to Sheikh Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, and then became part of his library in Konya, and he documented this gift on the manuscript in 641 AH in his handwriting. It should be noted that this long title of this book is mentioned in the various Leave manuscripts in the form of three titles, while it is in fact only one book as we mentioned. Shaykh Muhyiddin mentioned the story of his meeting with Ibn Rushd (Averose) in the Meccan Revelations: I.153. Although we do not know exactly when this meeting took place, but this was shortly after Sheikh Muhyiddin entered the path of Sufism, when he was about 20 years old, before 580 AH, as he described himself at the time as a boy who had no beard and his moustache had not grown yet, as we described in section 2.5.2 of the first volume.) 

13. One of our sheikhs also is Abu Abdullah bin Aysun (and in the Dhahiriyya and Princeton copies: "bin Isa", but we found no related biography). He narrated to me the book of the Judge Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn al-Arabi al-Ma'afari, on his authority, and he gave me a general leave.

14. One of our sheikhs also is Abu al-Wael Ibn al-Arabi. I heard on him "The Lamp of the Guided (in the manners of the righteous)" for Judge (Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Abdullah), ibn al-Arabi (al-Ma'afari, died in 543 AH), his cousin. He narrated it to me after him, and he gave me a general Leave.

15. One of our sheikhs also is Abu Saad Abdullah bin Omar bin Ahmed ibn Mansour (ibn Muhammad bin Qasim bin Habib ibn) al-Saffar (Al-Nisapuri, died in 600 AH). He narrated to me the books of al-Wahidi, in writing, after Abdullah al-Jabbar bin Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Hawari, after him (i.e. the author).

16. One of our sheikhs also is Abu al-Thanaa, Mahmoud bin (Abi Mansour) al-Muẓaffar (ibn Abi Tahir Ahmed) al-Labban (al-Muqri al-Mossilli, who died in 605 AH). He narrated the books of Ibn Khamis, on his authority, and he narrated to me the books of Al-Hamidi, after Ibn Khamis, after Hamidi.

17. Among them also is Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad (ibn Amruk al-Qurashi al-Tamimi) al-Bakri (al-Nisapuri al-Sufi, died 615 AH). I heard on him the "Treatise of Al-Qushayri". He narrated it to me after Abu al-Assaad Abdul-Rahman and Abdul-Wahid ibn Abdul-Karim ibn Hawazen al-Qushayri, after his grandfather Abdul-Karim bin Hawazen al-Qushayri, the author, and he gave me a general Leave.

18. Among them also is (Abu Ahmed) Ziauddin Abdul Wahab bin Ali bin Ali (bin Obaidullah) ibn Sakina (al-Baghdadi al-Sufi, died 607 AH), the sheikh of sheikhs in Baghdad. He granted me a general Leave, and he took after me and I took after him. He narrated to me the books of Abdul-Karim bin Hawazen al-Qushayri, on the authority of his son Abdul-Wahhab, after him. I also heard after him in his mosque in the City of Peace (Baghdad), in the presence of his son Abdul-Razzaq.

19. One of our sheikhs also is Abu-al-Khair Ahmad ibn Ismail ibn Yusuf (ibn Muhammad ibn al-Abbas) al-Talqani al-Qazwini (died 590 AH). He narrated to me the books of al-Bayhaqi, after Muhammad (ibn al-Fadl bin Ahmed), Ibn Al-Farawi, after al-Bayhaqi, and he gave me a general leave.

(The Greatest Sheikh also mentioned it in his book of Presenting the Righteous: I.15).

20. Among them also is Abu al-Tahir Ahmed bin Ahmed (bin Mohammed) bin Ibrahim al-Sillafi (ibn Sillafa) al-Asbahani (he lived in Alexandria for more than 60 years and died in 576 AH), may Allah have mercy upon him. He gave me general leave, and he narrates on the authority of Abu Al-Hasan Shurayh bin Muhammad bin Shurayh Al-Ra'aini, the Reciter. And he was also among those who granted me a general leave and wrote down to me to narrate after him the books of Abdul-Rahman al-Sullami, where he narrated them to me on the authority of Muhammad bin Nassar al-Thaqafi, on his authority (of the author).

21. One of our sheikhs is Jaber (bin Muhammad bin Nam) ibn (Abi) Ayoub (Suleiman bin Nam) Al-Hadrami (al-Ishbili, who died in 596 AH). He gave me a general leave, and he narrates after Abu al-Hassan Shuraih bin Muhammad ibn Shuraih al-Ruʿaini al-Muqri [*], and (after) the Great Hafiz Ibn Asakir, Abu al-Qasim Ali bin Al-Hasan bin Hibatu-Allah bin Abdullah bin al-Hasan al-Shaafiʿi, the author of 'The History of Damascus'".

[*] At this point, there is an error in all copies, which confirms that all of them have been transcribed from the same defective origin, because we find the word "al-Muqri" in the Koprulu copy written incorrectly and then corrected and then we find on the margin the words "al-Muqri, and one of those who authorized me a general Leave is Muhammad bin Saeed bin Mohammed al-Qazwini", and then in the rest of the copies we find that this margin was placed in the place of the word "al-Muqri" inside the text, so it became in the meaning that Sheikh Muhyiddin received a leave from the Great Hafiz Ibn Asakir, but this is unlikely because we can exclude the meeting between them, since the Great Hafiz died in Damascus in 571 AH, while Ibn al-Arabi was in Seville at the age of eleven years. Then, after one line, we find the words "He is Qasim Bin Ali ..." that is the full name of Hafiz Ibn Askar. Therefore, we put this line as an addendum explaining the name of Ibn Askar, as outlined above, and we put the sheikh on the margin as follows:)

22. And among those who game me on a general leave is Muhammad bin Said (and in some copies: bin Ismail) ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini.

(We did not find any biography for him).

23. Among them also is Abu al-Qasim Khalaf (ibn Abd al-Malik) ibn Bashkawal (al-Khazraji al-Ansari al-Qurtubi, died in 578 AH).

24. Among them also is Yusuf ibn al-Hasan ibn Abi al-baqaa bin al-Hasan (Al-Aaquli al-Baghdadi, died 587 AH).

25. His brother (Ahmed) Abu al-Abbas (died 608 AH) also gave me a leave.

26. Among them also is Abu al-Qasim Zakir bin Kamel bin Ghaleb al-Khaffaf (died 591 AH).

27. Among them also is Muhammad ibn Yusuf bin Ali al-Ghaznawi (died 599 AH).

28. Among them also is Abu al-Taher (Ismail bin Makki bin Isa) ibn Ouf (al-Zahri, died in Alexandria in 581 AH).

29. Among them also is Abu Talib (Ahmad ibn al-Muslim bin Raja) al-Lakhimi, in Alexandria (where he died in 578 AH).

30. Among them also is Abu Hafs Omar bin Abdul Majid bin Omar bin Hassan bin Omar bin Ahmed al-Qurashi al-Mayanshi (the sheikh of the Haram in Mecca, where he died in 581 AH).

31. Among them also is Abu al-Faraj Abdul Rahman bin Ali (ibn Muhammad) ibn al-Jawzi al-Hafiz (Al-Qurashi al-Tamimi al-Bakri, who died in Baghdad in 597 AH). He wrote for me (a leave) in all his books, poetry and prose, and named in particular among his books: "the Attribute of the Elite", "the Exciter of the Determination to the Most Honorable Residences (i.e. Madinah where the Prophet, peace be upon him is dwelling)", and others.

32. Among them also is Abu Bakr ibn Abi al-Fateh al-Sijistani.

(we have not found his biography).

33. Among them is (Abu Muhammad) al-Mubarak bin Ali (bin Abdullah bin Muhammad) ibn al-Hussein al-Tabbakh (Al-Baghdadi, died 575 AH)..

34. Among them is Abu al-Qasim Abdul-Rahman (ibn Abdullah) ibn al-Sayed, known as Ibn Alwan (al-Halabi, who died in Aleppo in 623 AH.

35. Among them is Abdul-Jalil al-Zanjani.

(we have not found his biography).

36. Among them also is Abu al-Qasim (as well as Abu al-Abbas) Habatu-Allah (Ahmad) ibn Ali ibn Massoud ibn Shaddad ibn Shaddad (Al-Muqri, Al-Saffar, born in Mosul in 545 AH, but he lived in Aleppo till his death, and the Greatest Sheikh mentioned him in the Meccan Revelations that he narrated to him in Mosul in 611 AH [IV.549]).

37. Among them also is Ahmad ibn Abi Mansour (perhaps Abu al-Abbas al-Asbahani, Ahmad ibn Abu Mansour Muhammad bin Muhammad bin bin Abdul-Rahman bin Al-Zuburraqan, born 500 AH and died in 591 AH).

38. Among them also is (Abu Abdullah) Muhammad ibn Abi al-Maalai Abdullah mawhoub bin Jamia bin Abdoun al-Baghdadi al-Sufi, known as ibn al-Bannaa (one of the companions of Abu Al-Najib al-Suhrawrdi, and he died in 612 AH in the Sumaisatia Khanqah in Damascus).

39. Among them also is Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr al-Tusi.

(we have not found his biography).

40. Among them also is Abu Nasr al-Khayyat, al-Muhadhab bin Ali ibn Hibatu-Allah (known as Ibn Qunaida al-Azji), the blind doctor (died 626 AH).

41. Among them also is Ruknuddin Ahmad bin Abdullah (the famous traditionalist, the Narrator of the Age, the Preacher of Mosul, died in 578 AH, Abu al-Fadl) ibn Ahmad bin Abdul-Qahir (bin Hisham) al-Tusi al-Khatib.

(In the last chapter of the Meccan Revelations, the Greatest Sheikh mentioned his famous advice to read the Opening of the Book (Fatihat al-Kitab, the first chapter in Quran) with its Basmalah in one breath, quoting a hadith he heard in Mosul in 601 AH, in which Abu al-Hassan narrated to him after Ibn Abul-Fateh, whose father known as al-Canari, after Abul-Fadl Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Abdul-Qahir al-Tusi al-Khatib, the father of the sheikh who authorized him here.)

42. And his brother Shamsuddin Abu Abdullah (bin Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Abdul-Qahir Al-Tusi al-Khatib).

43. - Among them also is al-Arbani in Baghdad (and here there is unclear sentence which might be interpreted as:) transmitted in Ansari's vaults.

44. Among them also is (al-Muhadhab) Thabit bin Anber al-Halawi, who read to me some of his books, I mean his authored, and he dedicated them in his zawiya at the Mosque of Al-Imad ibn al-Hadous in Mosul.

(He was also mentioned by the Greatest Sheikh in the book of Presenting the Righteous: II.219).

45. Among them also is (the Imam and Scholar Al-Hafiz Abu Muhammad) Abdul-Aziz (ibn Abu Nasr Mahmoud bin Mahmoud bin al-Mubarak bin Mahmoud al-Janabadhi al-Baghdadi, known as) Ibn al-Akhdar (died in Baghdad in 611 AH).

46. Among them also is Abu Omar Osman ibn Abi Yaala bin Abu Omar al-Abhari al-Shafei, one of the sons (i.e., a descendant of the companion) al-Baraa ibn Aazib (Al-Ansari, who died in 72 A.D.).

(but we have not found his biography).

47. Among them also is Arabshah ibn Muhammad ibn Abi al-Maali (Al-Alawi al-Tanukhi and Al-Khaboukhani, also mentioned in the book of Presenting the Righteous: II.99, and in the Meccan Revelations: I.223).

48. Among them also is Abdul-Hamid bin Muhammad bin Ali bin Abi al-Rasheed al-Qazwini (also mentioned in the book of Presenting the Righteous: I.11).

49. Among them also is (Abu) Najib Haidar al-Qazwini (also mentioned in the book of Presenting the Righteous: I.17).

50. Among them also is (Abu Abdullah) Muhammad (bin Qassim) bin Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Karim al-Tamimi al-Fassi (died 603 AH), he read all his works.

(He is the author of the book "the Benefited from the Characters of Servants in the City of Fez and What is Beyond in in the Countries", accompanied by Sheikh Muhyiddin during his frequent visits to Morocco, as we mentioned in section 3.5.2 in the first volume).

51. Among them also is (the narrator Sheikh Munjibuddin) Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Obaidullah ibn al-Hasan al-Razi (the author of the book of the Index: al-Fihrast, and one of the sons of Hussein ibn Ali ibn Babuyeh. He was alive in 585 AH).

52. Among them also is Ahmed bin Mansour bin Al-Jawzi.

(We did not find his biography).

53. Among them also is Abu Ishaq Muhammad bin Yusuf bin Ali.

(We did not find his biography).

54. Among them also is Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Abdullah al-Hajjri.

(We have not found his biography).

55. Among them also is Abu Al-Sabr Ayoub (bin Abdullah) bin Ahmed (bin Muhammad bin Omar) Al-Fihri (al-Sabti, died 609 AH).

56. Among them also is Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Obaid al-Salshaki ibn Malik. He narrated to me the Hariri Maqamat, after its author.

(We did not find his biography).

57. Among them also is Abdul-Wadood bin Samhoun, the judge of al-Munakkab (died 608 AH, and al-Munakkab was a coastal city south of Granada that was the first foothold of Abdul-Rahman al-Dakhil when he entered Andalucia).

58. Among them also is (Abu Muhammad) Abdul-Monim (ibn Muhammad bin Abdul-Rahim ibn Saeed bin Hisham) ibn Al-Qurashi al-Khazraji (Al-Ansari al-Ghirnati, the Maliki Judge, known as Ibn al-Faras, died in 597 AH)

59. Among them also is Ali ibn Abdul-Wahid ibn Jamia al-Najjar (perhaps Ali bin Abdullah bin Jamia, from whom Sheikh Muhyiddin wore the rag of al-Khader in Mosul in 601 AH, and mentioned him in the Meccan Revelations: I.187).

60. Among them also is Abu Bakr bin Hussein, the judge of Murcia.

(We did not find his biography).

61. Among them also is (the Preacher of Cordoba and its scholar) Abu Jaafar (Ahmed ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim) ibn Yahya al-Wazghi (Al-Himiari, al-Katami, Al-Qurtubi, died 610 AH).

62. Among them also is the elder Sheikh and Imam, the Reciter of the Era, Ali (ibn Muhammad ibn Ali) ibn Hadhil (from Valencia, died in 564 AH, and perhaps the first to teach Ibn al-Arabi the Qur'an, knowing that Murcia, where he spent the first eight years of his life, is very close to Valencia, where Sheikh Abul-Hassan lived. Ibn al-Abbar described him by saying: "He was unmatched in benevolence, asceticism and piety... to him ended up the recitation due to his dissonance and leadership and mastery.").

63. Among them also is Abu Zeid (Abd al-Rahman bin Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Abu Al-Hasan bin Hussein bin Saadoun bin Radwan bin Fatuh al-Khuthaami) al-Suhaili (died 581 AH). He narrated to "al-Rawd al-Aanif in Explaining the Biography (of the Prophet, by Ibn Hisham)", "Knowledge: al-Maarif", "al-Ialaam: the Informing (and defining of the Names and Figures mentioned in Sunna and Qur'an)", and all his works, including "(the Noble Ornament in Opposing the book of) the Way: al-Sabil".

64. - Among them also is Abu Abdullah (Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Khalaf) Ibn al-Najjar al-Malaqi (al-Andalusi, also known as “Ibn al-Fakhar”), the traditionalist (and al-Hafiz, the companion of the judge Abu Bakr Ibn al-Arabi), and he was an imam known for the narration of texts and hadith, knowing heliography and language. The Sultan asked him to hear from him in Marrakech, where he died in Shaaban in the year 590 AH, at the age of about eighty years).

65. Among them also is Abu al-Hasan (ibn) al-Sayegh (from the descendants of Abu Ayoub) al-Ansari (and he is the ascetic and traditionalist of Ceuta, as mentioned by the Greatest Sheikh in the Meccan Revelations: II.528, III.334, and we mentioned him in section 3.1.7 of the first volume).

66. Among them also is (Abu Muhammad) Abdul-Jalil (Ibn Musa al-Kassri, died 591 AH), the author of "the Problematic in Hadith" and "the Branches of Faith".

67. Among them also is Abu Abdullah (Muhammad ibn Ahmad bin Abdullah) ibn al-Mujahid (Al-Ansari al-Andalusi, the Ascetic of Andalusia, and the Diligent Scholar, who died in 574 AH, and the Greatest Sheikh mentioned him in the Meccan Revelations and in the Holy Spirit that he learned from him self-accounting and writing down the thoughts).

68. Among them also is Abu Imran Musa (ibn al-Hussein ibn Musa) ibn Imran al-Mirtuli (al-Qaisi, who died in Fez in 604 AH, and he was one of the educating sheikhs who had a great influence on Sheikh Muhyiddin, as we mentioned in section 2.4.4 of the first volume, and the Greatest Sheikh mentioned him often in the Meccan Revelations, the Holy Spirit and others.

69. Among them also is Hajj Muhammad bin Ali bin Ahmed bin Rahib Abu al-Rabii al-Muqwimi.

(We have not found his biography).

70. - Among them also is Ali bin Al-Naddran.

(We did not find his biography).

If it were not for the fear of boredom and time constraints, we would have mentioned (much more of those) whom we heard from and whom we met and read on them. Allah is the one who is harmonizing.