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  "ar": "سيف الدين ابن قدامة",
  "en": "Sayf al-Din Ibn Qudama"
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  "ar": "الحافظ الحنبلي ابن شيخ الإسلام موفق الدين ابن قدامة؛ ولد بالجبل وسمع من جده الكثير ومن أبي اليمن الكندي ورحل فسمع ببغداد، وكتب بخطه الكثير وصنف؛ قال الذهبي كان ثقة حافظاً ذكياً متيقظاً مليح الخط عاملاً بالأثر آمـراً بالمعروف قوالاً بالحق ولو طال عمره لساد أهل زمانه علماً وعملاً؛ وألف مجلداً كبيراً في الرد على الحافظ محمد بن طاهر المقدسي بإباحته للسماع {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 225}.",
  "en": "Muwaffaq al-Din Ibn Qudama's grandson (b. 605, d. Sha'ban 643, Qasyun) — Dhahabi: 'had he lived he would have led his age in knowledge and practice'; author of a large volume refuting Ibn Tahir al-Maqdisi's permissibility of sama' {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 225}."
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   "note": "توفي في مستهل شعبان سنة ثلاث وأربعين وستمائة بسفح قاسيون ودفن به {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 225}."
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    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "سيف الدين ابن قدامة الحافظ الحنبلي، ابن شيخ الإسلام موفق الدين ابن قدامة؛ ولد بالجبل وسمع من جده الكثير ومن أبي اليمن الكندي ورحل فسمع ببغداد، وكتب بخطه الكثير وصنف. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 225}"
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    {
     "heading": "ثناء الذهبي",
     "markdown": "قال الذهبي: كان ثقة حافظاً ذكياً متيقظاً مليح الخط عاملاً بالأثر آمراً بالمعروف قوالاً بالحق، ولو طال عمره لساد أهل زمانه علماً وعملاً؛ وألف مجلداً كبيراً في الرد على الحافظ محمد بن طاهر المقدسي بإباحته للسماع. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 225}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Sayf al-Din Ibn Qudama, the Hanbali hafiz — son of Shaykh al-Islam Muwaffaq al-Din Ibn Qudama; born at al-Jabal, he heard much from his grandfather and from Abu'l-Yumn al-Kindi, travelled and heard at Baghdad, wrote much in his hand and composed. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 225}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Al-Dhahabi's praise",
     "markdown": "Al-Dhahabi said he was \"trustworthy, a hafiz, intelligent, alert, of a fine hand, working by the athar, commanding the right and speaking truth — had his life been long he would have led his contemporaries in knowledge and works\"; he composed a large volume refuting the hafiz Muhammad b. Tahir al-Maqdisi's permission of sama'. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 225}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "سیف الدین ابن قدامہ، حنبلی حافظ — شیخ الاسلام موفق الدین ابن قدامہ کے بیٹے؛ الجبل میں پیدا ہوئے، اپنے دادا سے کثیر اور ابو الیمن الکندی سے سنا، سفر کیا اور بغداد میں سماعت کی، اپنے ہاتھ سے بہت کچھ لکھا اور تصنیف کی۔ {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 225}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "ذہبی کی تحسین",
     "markdown": "ذہبی نے کہا: \"ثقہ، حافظ، ذہین، چوکس، خوبصورت خط والا، اثر پر عمل کرنے والا، امر بالمعروف اور حق گو — اگر عمر لمبی ہوتی تو اپنے زمانے کے لوگوں پر علم و عمل میں سبقت لے جاتا\"؛ حافظ محمد بن طاہر المقدسی کی سماع کی اباحت کے رد میں ایک بڑا مجلد لکھا۔ {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 225}"
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