At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
In space
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Place in the story
sunni-hanbali (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
The Hanbali jurist-preacher known as Ibn al-Witar, of the Mas'uda quarter in eastern Baghdad. He heard from Abu'l-Fath ibn al-Muni and others, studied fiqh under him, preached, and bore witness before chief qadi 'Abd al-Razzaq ibn al-Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir. He was accomplished — jurist, imam, scholar, of fine character — and granted ijazas to al-Mundhiri, Ibn Abi'l-Jaysh, al-Qasim ibn 'Asakir, al-Hajjar and others. 1
Connections
- Died in
- Baghdad
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
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 188-189
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ibn al-Witar al-Baghdadi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-al-witar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.