At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
In time
In space
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Summary
Al-Dhahabi says of his teacher al-Mizzi: 'I heard from him in the year 694 and took from him the Sahih of al-Bukhari and other works', al-Dhahabi then being about twenty-one 1.
His students
Among al-Mizzi's students were al-Dhahabi, Abd al-Wahhab al-Subki author of the Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra, and his son-in-law Isma'il ibn Umar Ibn Kathir author of al-Bidaya wa-l-Nihaya 2; a circle took their training from him, among them al-Barzali, Ibn al-Fakhr, al-Ala'i, Ibn Kathir and Ibn al-Attar 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi· al-Dhahabi
- Occurred at
- Damascus
People and things also explored
Taj al-Din al-Subki· Damascus· Al-Dhahabi begins the study of hadith at Damascus, 690/1291· 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· Shaykh of the Ashrafiyya and Nuriyya hadith schools, Damascus, 17 Rabi' I 740
Sources
- Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 491
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 7 p. 240
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Dhahabi hears Sahih al-Bukhari from al-Mizzi, 694/1294”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/mizzi-dhahabi-hears-694/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.
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