At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · Scholar · teacher
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Abu Mansur Ibn al-Razzaz, Sa'id b. Muhammad of Baghdad — shaykh of the Shafi'is and teacher at the Nizamiyya; he read fiqh under al-Ghazali, As'ad al-Mayhani, al-Kiya al-Harasi, Abu Bakr al-Shashi and Abu Sa'd al-Mutawalli, transmitted from Rizq Allah al-Tamimi, excelled and led until the headship of the madhhab came to him — a man of bearing, gravity and majesty. 1
His death
Born 462, he died in Dhu'l-Hijja 539 and was buried at Shaykh Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi's mausoleum. 1
Connections
- Studied under
- Abu Hamid al-Ghazali· مجد الدين أسعد الميهني
People and things also explored
al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488· Death of al-Ghazali at Tus· al-Ghazali leaves Baghdad· al-Ghazali becomes chief professor at the Nizamiyya in Baghdad· Abu al-Muzaffar al-Sam'ani Mansur ibn Muhammad al-Tamimi· Muhyi al-Din Abu Sa'd al-Nisaburi· Abu al-Hasan al-Balansi· جمال الإسلام السلمي
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 601-602
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “أبو منصور بن الرزاز”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-al-razzaz-said/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.