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Ahmad ibn Muhsin al-Ba'labakki

أحمد بن محسن البعلبكي

c. September 1220 CE · Ramadan 617 AH – c. February 1300 CE · Jumada I 699 AH

Damascus

Shafi'i jurist of Ba'labakk; he came to Damascus and studied jurisprudence under Zayn al-Din Abd al-Rahim ibn Ghanim, and heard from the hafiz al-Qasim al-Dimyati. A disputant who talked at length and argued with other than the proper evidence, as in al-Ramiz among the notables. According to the source he was accused of sins and false testimonies that the sultan had established against him; al-Subki said: 'I have not come across the like of him among the Shafi'is' 1.

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Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Life in time

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Al-Abraqawhi, Ahmad ibn Ishaq · al-Dimyati · Ibn Abi al-Ahwas, al-Husayn ibn Abd al-Aziz · Ibn al-Qawwas, musnid of the age · Baha' al-Din al-Qifti, qadi of Isna

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Damascus

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Place in the story

    sunni-shafii (transmitted)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    Overview

    Ahmad b. Muhsin, the Shafi'i jurist of Baalbek; he came to Damascus, read fiqh under Zayn al-Din 'Abd al-Rahim b. Ghanim and heard the hafiz al-Qasim al-Dimyati — a debater of much speech who would argue by what does not prove, in the signifying of the great; per the source he was accused of sins and false testimony which the sultan established on him. Al-Subki said: "none like him passed me among the Shafi'is." 1

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    Died in
    Damascus

    People and things also explored

    the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488· al-Ashraf takes Damascus

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 777
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    islam.museum contributors. “Ahmad ibn Muhsin al-Ba'labakki”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ahmad-ibn-muhsin/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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