At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · muhaddith
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
sunni-shafii (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Al-Kamal Ishaq, the great shaykh, musnid of Syria and wonder of his age; he heard from al-Silafi and sat for hadith — many nations of hafizes licensed him — al-Nawawi heard on him and read Sahih Muslim and Ahmad b. Hanbal's Musnad on him; he lived ninety-three years and died in Muharram or Dhu'l-Qa'da. 1
Connections
- 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
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 260-261
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Kamal Ishaq b. Ahmad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-kamal-ishaq/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.