ابن الحلاوي

Abu Bakr 'Imad al-Din Muhammad ibn Mu'alla ibn Ghunayma al-Baghdadi al-Ma'muni, known as Ibn al-Hallawi; the Hanbali Qur'an-teacher, jurist and ascetic — he heard Abu'l-Fath ibn al-Karukhi, Ibn Nasir and Abu Bakr ibn al-Zaghuni, studied fiqh under Abu'l-Fath ibn al-Manni and excelled in the madhhab, so that al-Dhahabi calls him the shaykh of the Hanbalis of Baghdad in his time; Shaykh al-Majd, Ibn Taymiyya's grandfather, studied fiqh under him. ¹

He kept to his zawiya in the mosque, little mixing except with the religious, never entered the door of any worldly grandee nor accepted a gift, and was described as one of the Abdal through whom God guards the earth; he earned his keep by tailoring and taught the Qur'an for no pay; his works include al-Munir in usul; he died on Friday night, 18 Ramadan 611. ¹