At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Abu Talib Ibn Ghaylan, muhaddith of Baghdad — the last to transmit from Abu Bakr al-Shafi'i; born 346, a company transmitted from him, and he was truthful, devout, righteous and strong of soul despite his age. 1
Anecdotes
Abu 'Abdallah al-Rashidi offered him a hundred red dinars to teach him the book; he could only manage twenty, and Ibn Ghaylan refused. Ibn Haydar told him he was a hundred and five, and that a thousand red Ja'fari dinars were brought to him daily, poured into his lap so he could turn them over and draw strength. Al-Daraqutni produced parts for him called the Ghaylaniyyat, transmitting them to him from al-Muzani. He died Monday 6 Shawwal 440 and was buried next day in his house on Darb 'Abda by Qati'at al-Rabi' at the gate of Ibn al-Mubarak's mosque; Abu'l-Husayn b. al-Muhtadi led the prayer. 1
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.8 p.481-482
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu Talib ibn Ghaylan al-Bazzaz”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-talib-ibn-ghaylan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.