Name: Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Abbas ibn Uthman ibn Shafi'i

Fame: Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Shafi'i

Kuniya: Abu Muhammad, Abu Bakr, Abu Abd al-Rahman

Lineage: al-Makki

Rank: Thiqah

Abu al-Husayn al-Razi: He was a man of vast knowledge, illustrious and virtuous. There was no one in the family of al-Shafi'i greater than him after the Imam

Ibn al-Jarud: He authenticated hadiths for him in al-Muntaqa