He left with his cousin, Al-Hafidh 'Abdul-Gani, for Baghdad in 561H and caught up with Shaykh 'Abdul-Qadir in his final days (i.e. He memorised the Qur'an at an early age, studied its sciences and was known to have a nice hand-writing. He was born in Nablis - Palestine in Sha'ban 541H. Al-Imam Ibn Qudamah: He is Shaykh ul-Islam Muwaffaq ad-Din Abu Muhammad 'Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Qudamah ibn Miqdam ibn Nasr al-Maqdisi al-Jama'ili.
