Ibn Barrajan, Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Rahman · Islam Museum

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At a glance

Roles: mystic · Scholar
Counted among: Sunni
Era: The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region: Maghreb
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Life in time

The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Al-Anbari, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad · Al-Asmandi, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Hamid · al-Azdi al-Qurtubi · al-Azjani, Nasih al-Din

Spirituality and Sufism Creed

Place in the story

Saint (as venerated)Tradition

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

Overview

Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi al-Rijal al-Lakhmi al-Ifriqi, known as Ibn Barrajan, a theologian and ascetic Sufi from the Maghrib. He was known for preaching, Sufism and kalam. ¹

He died in 536 AH (1141 CE), according to report. ¹

People and things also explored

Ihsan (excellence in worship)· Istiqama (steadfast uprightness)· The endings of deeds (khawatim)· Nasiha (sincere counsel)· Niyya (intention in deeds)· Taqwa (God-consciousness)· Prophetic adab (proper conduct)· The people of the qibla and not declaring takfir for sin

Sources

Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO

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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Barrajan, Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Rahman”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-barrajan-abd-al-salam/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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People

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Ihsan (excellence in worship)

The third level named in the hadith of Jibril after islam and iman, defined by the Prophet as worshipping God as though you see Him, for even if you do not see Him, He sees you. In his commentary on Shaddad ibn Aws's hadith 'God has prescribed ihsan upon everything' Ibn Rajab extends it from the station of watchful worship to a ruling written upon all things — reaching excellence even in execution and slaughter — noting that the wording of 'writing' entails obligation for most jurists and usul scholars.