At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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In time
In space
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Summary
Ibn al-Salah entered al-Sham in 617/1220 or earlier, hearing from al-Muwaffaq, the shaykh of the Hanbalis Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi, from Zayn al-Umana' and from al-Muwaffaq's brother the mufti Fakhr al-Din. 1
Sham hearings
He had already come to Damascus before, hearing from the qadi Jamal al-Din ibn al-Harastani; at Aleppo he heard Abu Muhammad ibn al-Ustadh, and at Harran the hafiz 'Abd al-Qadir. 1
Connections
- Had participant
- Ibn al-Salah· Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi· Zayn al-Umana'· Abd al-Rahman ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi· Jamal al-Din ibn al-Harastani· Abd al-Qadir al-Rahawi
- Occurred at
- Damascus· Aleppo· Harran
People and things also explored
Damascus· Ibn Taymiyya· Abd al-Qadir al-Rahawi· Ibn al-Salah· Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi· Abu Dawud's wider journey: Egypt, the Jazira, Harran and Aleppo· Al-Sakhawi's Syrian rihla: Aleppo, Damascus, Jerusalem, c. 873· Ibn al-Salah takes the mashyakha of the al-Ashrafiyya dar al-hadith, then the Shamiyya al-Sughra, 630/1233
Sources
- Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 186
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ibn al-Salah enters al-Sham in 617 or earlier: Damascus, Aleppo and Harran, 617/1220”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ibn-al-salah-sham-617/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-02.