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The Qudera, it is said: the road is Shadin, the regions are Kasa in the Barm for guests. So he said to them, By God and the Messenger, I have no need for this praise. He respected him and sent him a cow, a fine garment, and said to him, "You are our masters, you love gifts." He had sons, Bahram, and Bahram's son, the scholar Muhammad, who taught in the town of Shandi. He, in turn, had the scholar Alim, and the scholar Hamda, the famous scholar, who taught in the aforementioned mosque. Majhal, son of Muslim, famous for his mother Qutah. As for Muslim, his father was from the people of Sayyida, and his mother was Qutah, daughter of Amina, daughter of Fatima, daughter of Jabir, sister of the four Imams. He learned jurisprudence from Khalil and the Risala from his maternal uncle Muhammad ibn al-Naqqar, and excelled in it until he became unique in his time. All the scholars of the island submitted to him, as if he were Ibn Arafa. He had a long experience in these books. As long as he was alive, no one could teach in his presence or issue a fatwa. He wrote many books on fatwas and rulings, which people benefited from and accepted. He taught Khalil, the Risala, the العقائد (Aqaa'id), Ibn Ata Allah, and Sharab al-Qawm. His school was in Al-Qawza. Then he moved to Al-Hilaliyya. Among his students were the scholar Sabati ibn Hamd, the scholar Hamd ibn Hanik, and the scholar Hamd al-Sayyid, the author of the Risala. And Sharaf al-Din, his son, took his place in teaching, fatwas, and rulings. Mudawi, son of Sheikh Badawi. He was the Caliph after his father. He lit the fire of generosity and bestowed favors, carried the burdens, and helped in the adversities of time. God granted him complete acceptance from the elite and the common people. His intercession was not rejected. After him, his son Sheikh Nasir al-Din remained, the third in his lineage in everything. All the blessings they did, he inherited. And their two successions lasted eighty years. Musa, son of Kishib al-Ja'ali al-Urmani al-Musamma. His ancestor lived in the White Sea with the Hasnat. And the scholar Musa learned Khalil from Sheikh al-Zein. He followed his path in religion and reform. The Kamana and others were ignited for him, and his intercession was not rejected. He was in the era of Sheikh Khojali, and they were equal in the eyes of the people. His son, the scholar Mudawi, took his place, and the scholar Al-Aish, the third in his lineage, and their fathers were full of religion. Muhammad, son of the scholar, the learned, the eloquent, the saint Sheikh Dhaif Allah. He memorized the Quran from the scholar Hamd ibn Haydan and read the rulings of the Quran with him. He read the science of Kalam with Sheikh Arbab, so he became skilled in it. When he read it, it was as if he were its author. He read the Risala from Sheikh Abd al-Sadiq and Habib, and Mukhtasar Khalil.

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