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al-Mujir al-Wasiti

المجير الواسطي

c. 1123 CE · 517 AH – c. October 1196 CE · Dhu al-Qa'da 592 AH

Al-Mujir the imam Abu al-Qasim Mahmud b. al-Mubarak, of Wasit then Baghdad, the Shafi'i jurist — one of the sharp debaters; b. 517, trained at the Nizamiyya under Ibn al-Razzaz, took kalam from al-Isfarayini, and became the noted man of his time ahead of his peers; he taught at the Nizamiyya, brilliant, persistent, diving for the heights; at Damascus the Jarukh madrasa was built for him, at Shiraz its king built him another, then Ibn al-Qassab brought him forward — Ibn al-Dubaythi: 'we never saw one who joined more sciences with finer expression'; sent as envoy to Khwarazmshah, he died at Hamadan in Dhu al-Qa'da 592 1.

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At a glance

Roles
Scholar
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq · Persia & Central Asia
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Afifa Khatun · al-Iraqi al-Khatib · Farid al-Din 'Attar · Ibn al-Jawzi · Ibn al-Kashshab al-Baghdadi

Overview

Al-Mujir, the imam Abu'l-Qasim Mahmud b. al-Mubarak al-Wasiti, later of Baghdad — Shafi'i jurist, one of the quick-witted debaters; born 517, he read fiqh at the Nizamiyya under Abu Mansur Ibn al-Razzaz among others, took kalam from Abu'l-Futuh Muhammad b. al-Fadl al-Isfara'ini, and became the one pointed out in his time, preferred over his peers. 1

Teaching and embassy

He taught at the Nizamiyya — brilliant, persistent, diving for the heights; he came to Damascus where the Jarukh madrasa was built for him, then went to Shiraz where its king built him a madrasa; then Ibn al-Qassab summoned and advanced him. Ibn al-Dubaythi said, "we never saw anyone more comprehensive of the sciences, with such fine expression." He went out as an envoy to Khwarazmshah at Isfahan and died at Hamadan in Dhu'l-Qa'da 592. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 791
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