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Ahmad al-Qadisi al-Darir al-Janbali

أحمد القادسي الضرير الجنبلي

c. 1224 CE · 621 AH

Baghdad

Ahmad al-Qadisi the blind — a man of rough living whom al-Mustadi' summoned to lead the tarawih; told that no Hanbali could pray at the caliph's court he answered 'I am a Hanbali and I do not wish to lead you' — overheard, the caliph said 'pray by your own madhhab'; he kept close to Ibn al-Jawzi and profited by him; died 621 1.

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Muwaffaq al-Din Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi · Abd al-Wahid al-Makhlu (the Deposed), Almohad · Abd al-Wahid II al-Ma'mun, Almohad · Abu al-Abbas al-Azafi · Abu al-Abbas al-Qurti

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Baghdad

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    Sunni (transmitted)

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

    Overview

    Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Qadisi al-Darir, the Hanbali; rough of living — al-Mustadi' sought a man to lead him in tarawih; they brought him and asked: "What is your madhhab?" — "Hanbali." They said: "No Hanbali can pray at the caliph's palace." Al-Qadisi said: "I am Hanbali, and I do not wish to lead you anyway." The caliph heard and said: "Pray on your own madhhab." He kept to Ibn al-Jawzi and profited by him; he died in 621. 1

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    People and things also explored

    The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad· Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom· The 'Adudi Bimaristan· al-Bimaristan al-Muqtadiri· Bimaristan al-Sayyida· Dar al-'Ilm of Baghdad (Sabur's library)· The Jami' al-Qati'a of Baghdad· The mosque of Qati'at Umm Ja'far

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 95
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    islam.museum contributors. “Ahmad al-Qadisi al-Darir al-Janbali”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-qadisi-al-darir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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    The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad

    The Nizamiyya of Baghdad, first and most famous of the madrasas founded by the vizier Nizam al-Mulk al-Tusi: building began in 457 and sisters rose at Nishapur, Isfahan, Herat, Basra, Mosul and Amid; the Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni then Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi taught in it, and it mothered the Sunni institutional model that the later madrasas of Baghdad followed — the caliphs prayed there and Nizam al-Mulk himself visited to inspect its library.