Muḥammad ibn Salāma al-Quḍā'ī (died 454/1062) was a Shafi'i Sunni judge, preacher and historian in the Fatimid Caliphate of North Africa.
[3] Al-Quḍā'ī was a scribe in the chancery under the vizier Ali ibn Ahmad al-Jarjara'i (died 1045).
The Shafiʿi jurist Abu Tahir al-Silafi (died 1180) said of him, "His fame absolves me from lengthy expositions... he is counted among the trustworthy and reliable transmitters."
"[5] Apart from his work on Muhammad, al-Quḍā'ī also wrote a terse history of the prophets and caliphs.
[9] His description of Fustat before its decline and ruin after his death was a key resource for al-Maqrizi in understanding the former topography of the city.