Abu al-Faraj al-Maqdisi, Abd al-Wahid ibn Muhammad

أبو الفرج المقدسي عبد الواحد بن محمد

c. 1093 CE · 486 AH

Abu al-Faraj Abd al-Wahid ibn Muhammad ibn Ali al-Maqdisi, a Hanbali jurist settled in Damascus; he studied with Qadi Abu Ya'la ibn al-Farra, taught and preached, and spread the school of Ahmad ibn Hanbal in the districts of Bayt al-Maqdis; his works include al-Muntakhab in fiqh, al-Mubhij, al-Idah, al-Tabsira in usul al-din and Kitab al-Jawahir in tafsir 1.

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Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: Abu al-Fath Abd al-Baqi al-Haddad al-Hanbali al-Faradi · Ibn al-Saigh al-Qayrawani · Abd al-Malik Ibn Attash · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abdallah ibn Hamuwayh al-Juwayni

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Abu al-Faraj Abd al-Wahid ibn Muhammad al-Maqdisi, a Hanbali jurist settled in Damascus; he studied with Qadi Abu Ya'la ibn al-Farra, taught and preached, spread the Hanbali school in the districts of Bayt al-Maqdis, and wrote works in fiqh, doctrine and tafsir. 1

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.11493
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