Dhahabi introduced him in Siyar A'lam an-Nubala (9/14): “Asad Bin Al-Furat, the Imam, the Allamah, the Qadi, the Amir, the forerunner of the Mujahideen, Abu Abdillah Al-Harrani then Al-Maghribi. He was born in Harran in 144H according to Ibn Makula. (...)