the jurist. He passed away in the year 679 AH. He heard from him (1).

32 - Abu Mansur Abd al-Aziz ibn Tahir ibn Thabit al-Khayyat al-Muqri. He heard from him in Baghdad (2).

33 - Zaki al-Din Abu Muhammad Abd al-Azim ibn Abd al-Qawi ibn Abd Allah al-Mundhiri al-Masri al-Shafi'i, the great Hafiz. He passed away in the year 656 AH (3).

Al-Mundhiri said: I met him in Damascus and heard from him (4).

34 - Abd Allah ibn Abi Bakr ibn Abi al-Badr Muhammad al-Harbi al-Baghdadi al-Hanbali the ascetic, known as Kutaylah. He passed away in the year 681 AH. He granted him authorization (ijazah) (5).

35 - Jamal al-Din Abu Musa Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Ghani ibn Abd al-Wahid al-Maqdisi al-Dimashqi al-Hanbali the Hafiz. He passed away in the year 629 AH (6). He narrated from him (7) and studied jurisprudence under him (8).

36 - Sharaf al-Din Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi al-Salihi al-Hanbali the Khatib. He passed away in the year 643 AH. He studied jurisprudence under his father and his uncle, al-Muwaffaq (9).

37 - Abu Muhammad Abd al-Muhsin ibn Abd al-Karim ibn Zafir al-Hisni al-Husri al-Hanbali al-Masri the jurist. He passed away in the year 625 AH. He had traveled to