Ibn al-Salah takes the mashyakha of the al-Ashrafiyya dar al-hadith, then the Shamiyya al-Sughra, 630/1233

ابن الصلاح يتولى مشيخة دار الحديث الأشرفية بدمشق ثم الشامية الصغرى، ٦٣٠هـ/١٢٣٣م

c. 1232 CE · 630 AH

Damascus

In 630/1233 Ibn al-Salah took the mashyakha of the al-Ashrafiyya dar al-hadith in Damascus: when al-Malik al-Ashraf built the dar al-hadith he entrusted its teaching to him, then the Shamiyya al-Sughra — the madrasa of Sitt al-Sham opposite the Nur al-Din bimaristan. He discharged all three posts — Rawahiyya, Ashrafiyya and Shamiyya — without neglecting a single one 1 2 3.

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In 630/1233 Ibn al-Salah took the mashyakha of the al-Ashrafiyya dar al-hadith in Damascus, then the Shamiyya al-Sughra. 1

Three schools at once

When al-Malik al-Ashraf built the dar al-hadith he entrusted its teaching to him, and he took the madrasa of Sitt al-Sham opposite the Nur al-Din bimaristan, discharging all three posts — Rawahiyya, Ashrafiyya and Shamiyya — without neglecting a single one. 2 3

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al-Ashraf takes Damascus· Death of Ibn al-Salah at Damascus and burial in the Sufi cemetery, 25 Rabi' II 643/Sept. 1245· Ibn Khallikan settles with Ibn al-Salah at Damascus and gathers his fatwas, 632/1235· The demolition of Jerusalem's walls brings Ibn al-Salah to Damascus: the Rawahiyya post, c. 619· Ibn al-Salah enters al-Sham in 617 or earlier: Damascus, Aleppo and Harran, 617/1220· Building of the Mosque of Repentance at al-Uqayba, 632· Truce between al-Mu'azzam and al-Ashraf· al-Kamal Salar al-Irbili

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  1. Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 186
  2. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 230
  3. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 959
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