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Overview
Al-Dhahabi began hearing hadith at Damascus in 690/1291 or 691 under Yusuf al-Mizzi, Umar ibn Kawwas, Ahmad ibn Hibat Allah ibn Asakir and Yusuf ibn Ahmad al-Kamuli, and studied law under Kamal al-Din ibn al-Zamlikani, Burhan al-Din al-Fazari and Kamal al-Din ibn Qadi Shubba; he was a Shafi'i 1. Ibn Hajar records that he pursued the quest for some twenty years, hearing much from Ibn Qudayr, Ibn Asakir and Yusuf al-Mizzi 2.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Dhahabi
- Occurred at
- Damascus
People and things also explored
Al-Dhahabi gradually loses his sight, 743/1342· Al-Dhahabi heads a reading session at the Umayyad Mosque, Muharram 700/1300· Al-Dhahabi composes Tarikh al-Islam and his great compilations, c. 730/1330· Al-Dhahabi, professor of hadith at Umm al-Salih and al-Nafisiyya, c. 710/1310· Al-Dhahabi is born at Damascus, 673/1274· Death of Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi at Damascus, 748/1348· Ghazan's devastation of Syria, 699· Ghazan's Campaign against Syria, 700 AH
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 2 p. 215
- Al-Durar al-Kamina fi A'yan al-Mi'a al-Thamina — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (Dar al-Jil, Beirut) , 3/336
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Dhahabi begins the study of hadith at Damascus, 690/1291”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/al-dhahabi-begins-hadith-690/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.