Al-Safadi's ijaza session in the Umayyad Mosque, Dhu al-Qa'da 756

مجلس إجازة الصفدي بالجامع الأموي، ذو القعدة ٧٥٦هـ

November 1355 CE · Dhu al-Qa'da 756 AH

Damascus

In Dhu al-Qa'da 756 al-Safadi composed the reply of al-Malik al-Salih Isma'il ibn al-Nasir Muhammad to the letter of the Marinid sultan Abu al-Hasan, and granted ijaza for both risalas in his own hand after Izz al-Din Abu Ya'la Hamza read them back in a single session at the Umayyad Mosque of Damascus — a reading that, the record says, 'graced the ear with eloquence and swayed hearts with its weight' 1.

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Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Levant & Iraq

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Damascus

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Summary

In Dhu al-Qa'da 756 al-Safadi composed the reply of al-Malik al-Salih Isma'il ibn al-Nasir Muhammad to the letter of the Marinid sultan Abu al-Hasan, and granted ijaza for both risalas in his own hand after Izz al-Din Abu Ya'la Hamza read them back in a single session at the Umayyad Mosque of Damascus — a reading that, the record says, 'graced the ear with eloquence and swayed hearts with its weight' 1.

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Had participant
Khalil ibn Aybak al-Safadi
Occurred at
Damascus
During the reign of
al-Mu'tadid bi'llah Abu'l-Fath Abu Bakr ibn al-Mustakfi

People and things also explored

Al-Subki leaves Damascus for Egypt in a litter, 26 Rabi' II 756· Al-Safadi dies at Damascus, 10 Shawwal 764/23 July 1363· Al-Safadi's lecture tour at Aleppo, 759/1358· Al-Safadi's pilgrimage, 755/1354· Al-Safadi at Damascus meets Ibn Taymiyya, 717/1317· First dismissal of Taj al-Din al-Subki, Sha'ban 759· Taj al-Din al-Subki appointed Shafi'i qadi in his father's lifetime, Safar 756· Taj al-Din al-Subki restored to the judgeship, early Shawwal 759

Sources

  1. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p. 403
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Al-Subki leaves Damascus for Egypt in a litter, 26 Rabi' II 756

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