al-Sibt Jamal al-Din al-Tarabulsi

السبط جمال الدين الطرابلسي

c. October 1253 CE · c. 4 Shawwal 651 AH

Cairo

Grandson of the elder hafiz al-Silafi (d. 4 Shawwal 651) — with him Egypt's high-isnad chain finally broke; he taught and granted ijazas there 1.

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Roles
Scholar · muhaddith
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Egypt & Nile · Levant & Iraq
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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: Abagha Khan · Abu al-Abbas al-Qurti · Abu al-Hajjaj al-Biyasi · Abu Bakr ibn Qawam al-Balisi · Abu Shama al-Dimashqi

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Cairo

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Place in the story

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

    Overview

    Al-Sibt al-Tarabulsi, grandson of the elder hafiz al-Silafi (d. 4 Shawwal 651); he came to Egypt, heard and gave ijazas there — and with him Egypt's lofty isnad finally broke, the last through whom it ran 1.

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    Cairo

    People and things also explored

    Al-Azhar Mosque· The Dar al-Hikma of Cairo· Baybars takes the sultanate, 658 AH· Capture of Cairo· death of Asad al-Dīn Shīrkūh — Saladin chosen vizier in his place· The great earthquake of Egypt, 608 AH· Egypt's famine and epidemic, 695· Four madhhab qadis appointed in Egypt, 663

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 260
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    islam.museum contributors. “al-Sibt Jamal al-Din al-Tarabulsi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-sibt-al-tarabulsi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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