Shihab al-Din al-Silawi

Shihab al-Din al-Silawi al-Hariri al-Dimashqi, a Shafiʿi. He was born around 738 AH. He heard from Ibn Rafiʿ and Ibn Kathir and studied jurisprudence under ʿAlaʾ al-Din Ibn Hajji. He took hadith from his grandfather, Taqi al-Din Ibn Rafiʿ and Ibn Kathir. He was skilled in reading the warnings and read the Sahih several times under several shaykhs. His voice was pleasant and his recitation was fine. He was appointed judge of Baʿlabakk in 786 AH, and he taught and issued legal opinions. He then became judge of Medina and moved between judicial posts in Safad, Gaza, Jerusalem and other places.

He died in Safar 812 AH ¹.