At a glance
- 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 (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Muhammad al-Mu'afa b. Isma'il b. al-Husayn of Mosul, also known as Ibn al-Haddus, the Shafi'i; an imam-jurist, brilliant, fine, righteous, a litterateur — born at Mosul, he read fiqh there under Ibn Muhajir, then the qadi Fakhr al-Din al-Suhrawardi, then al-'Imad Ibn Yunus; he heard, transmitted, gave fatwa, wrote and debated. 1
His works
Among them: al-Kamil fi'l-fiqh, a long work; Anas al-munqati'in, well known; a tafsir called al-Bayan; and al-Mujiz fi'l-dhikr. He died at Mosul in Sha'ban or Ramadan 630. 1
Connections
- Died in
- Mosul
People and things also explored
Great Mosque of al-Nuri· Battle of al-Khazir· Conquest of Mosul· death of the atabeg Izz al-Din Masud of Mosul· Death of Nur al-Din Arslan Shah of Mosul· death of Quṭb al-Dīn Mawdūd — Sayf al-Dīn Ghāzī II succeeds in Mosul· Muzaffar al-Din of Irbil marches on Mosul and returns· Muzaffar al-Din of Irbil besieges Mosul
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 143
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu Muhammad al-Mu'afa ibn al-Haddus al-Mawsili”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-muafa-ibn-al-haddus/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.