Sadr Al-Din Al-Nishapuri
Sadr Al-Din Al-Nishapuri (1): Abu Abdullah Muhammad Bin Abi Al-Futouh Muhammad Bin Abi Sa’d Muhammad Bin Abi Sa’eed Muhammad Bin Amrouk, who was ‘Amr Bin Abi Sa’eed Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Al-Hasan Bin Al-Qasim Bin ‘Alqama Bin Nasr Bin Muath Bin Abdel-Rahman Bin Al-Qasim Bin Muhammad Bin Abi Bakr Al-Siddiq, was a descendant of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq whose ancestry can be traced to Nishapur. Also known as Najm Al-Din the Shafi’i Sufi, Sadr Al-Din Al-Nishapuri was born in Aleppo in the month of Sha’ban in 550 AH. He received hadiths from Abi Tahir Al-Salafi, and in Damascus, from Abi Al-Barakat Al-Khadhr Bin ‘Abd and Abi Al-Qasim Ibn Asakir. He was also a muhaddith (transmitter of hadiths) upon whose authority Al-Shihab Al-Qusi and others narrated. He died in Damascus on the 18th of either Ramadan or Shawwal in 617 AH and was buried on the same day in Bab Al-Saghir Cemetery next to his father.
Source: Kitab Al-Sulala Al-Bakria As-Siddiqia – Part II, by Ahmed Farghal Al-De’abassi Al-Bakri
Date of Publication
1 Ramadan 1438 AH / May 26, 2017 AD
(1) Tarikh Al-Islam, Bashar Ed. 13/ 529, Al-Takmila li Wafayat Al-Naqala 3/ 25