Abu al-Hasan al-Balansi

أبو الحسن البلنسي

c. June 1146 CE · Muharram 541 AH

Abu al-Hasan al-Khayr ibn Muhammad ibn Sahl al-Ansari of Valencia, the muhaddith; he journeyed east and travelled in trade as far as China — a precise jurist-scholar who heard Abu Abdallah al-Nu'ali, Tirad ibn Muhammad and others, dwelt a while at Isfahan then Baghdad, read fiqh under al-Ghazali, and died in Muharram 541 1.

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Roles
Scholar · Merchant
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Mughith al-Harbi · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Qadir al-Rahawi · Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Wahhab al-Shirazi

Overview

Abu'l-Hasan al-Khayr b. Muhammad b. Sahl al-Ansari of al-Andalus, of Valencia, the muhaddith; he journeyed to the Mashriq and travelled in trade as far as China — a jurist-scholar, exacting — hearing Abu 'Abdallah al-Na'ali, Turad b. Muhammad and a company; he dwelt at Isfahan a while then Baghdad, reading fiqh under al-Ghazali. He died in Muharram 541. 1

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Studied under
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

People and things also explored

al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488· Death of al-Ghazali at Tus· al-Ghazali leaves Baghdad· al-Ghazali becomes chief professor at the Nizamiyya in Baghdad· Muhyi al-Din Abu Sa'd al-Nisaburi· جمال الإسلام السلمي· أبو منصور بن الرزاز· ابن رشد الحفيد

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 608-609
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