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Birth of Imam al-Nawawi at Nawa, 631/1233

ولادة الإمام النووي بنوى، ٦٣١هـ/١٢٣٣م

c. October 1233 CE · Muharram 631 AH

Nawa

Muhyi al-Din Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf ibn Murri al-Hizami al-Dimashqi, known as al-Nawawi, was born in the town of Nawa in the Hawran, in the Jawlan south of Damascus, in Muharram 631 (October 1233) 1 2. He read the Qur'an in his home town while still a boy, whose early promise was already noticed 1 3.

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq

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1220123012401250 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Nawa

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Overview

Muhyi al-Din Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf ibn Murri al-Hizami al-Dimashqi, known as al-Nawawi, was born in the town of Nawa in the Hawran, in the Jawlan south of Damascus, in Muharram 631 (October 1233) 1 2. He read the Qur'an in his home town while still a boy, whose early promise was already noticed 1 3." ur: "محی الدین ابو زکریا یحییٰ بن شرف بن مری حزامی دمشقی، معروف بہ نووی، دمشق کے جنوب میں حوران کے علاقے جولان کے قصبہ نوى میں محرم 631ھ (اکتوبر 1233ء) کو پیدا ہوئے 1 2۔ انہوں نے بچپن میں ہی اپنے گاؤں میں قرآن پڑھا اور لڑکے کی ابتدائی ذہانت پہلے ہی نمایاں تھی 1 3۔

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Had participant
Imam al-Nawawi
Occurred at
Nawa
During the reign of
al-Mustansir bi'llah Mansur ibn al-Zahir

People and things also explored

Death of Imam al-Nawawi at Nawa, 676/1277· Imam al-Nawawi· Nawa· Abbasid Investiture of Ibn Hud· Al-Nawawi takes over the al-Ashrafiyya dar al-hadith in Damascus, 665/1267· Baybars expels al-Nawawi from Damascus to Nawa, 676/1277· Al-Nawawi begins writing, c. 655/1257· Al-Nawawi arrives in Damascus and lodges at the Rawahiyya madrasa, 649/1251

Sources

  1. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 7 p. 1096
  2. al-Bidaya wa-l-Nihaya — Ibn Kathir , p. 293-294
  3. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 354-355
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Death of Imam al-Nawawi at Nawa, 676/1277

Al-Nawawi died unmarried in his father's house at Nawa. Shadharat al-Dhahab gives the night of Wednesday 14 Rajab 676, while Ibn Kathir and the Encyclopaedia of Islam fix it at 24 Rajab, 22 December 1277; he was buried in his home town, where his tomb is still honoured. Before his death he had travelled home and visited Jerusalem and Hebron, then returned and fell ill at his parents' house.