At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · Jurist · teacher
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Summary
Al-Hasan ibn Hamid ibn Ali ibn Marwan, Abu Abd Allah al-Warraq, head, imam and teacher of the Hanbalis in Baghdad, and author of major works in jurisprudence and its foundations. He died in the year 403 AH. 1
His imamate and his works
Leadership of the Hanbali school in teaching and in legal opinions came to him, and senior adherents were trained under him, foremost among them al-Qadi Abu Yaʿla Ibn al-Farra. His large works include the "al-Jamiʿ," of about four hundred parts, "Tahdhib al-Ajwiba," and a commentary on the principles of religion. He was sound and accurate in giving legal opinions. 2
His death on the road to the pilgrimage
He set out for the pilgrimage in the year 403 AH. When he had completed the rites and was returning with the pilgrims' caravan, death overtook him at Waqisa on the night of Friday, the eighteenth of Jumada al-Ula, and he was buried there, on the road to Mecca. 3
Connections
- Taught
- Abu Ya'la ibn al-Farra'
People and things also explored
Abu Khazim ibn al-Qadi Abu Ya'la· al-Ahkam al-Sultaniyya by Abu Ya'la· Abu Ya'la ibn al-Farra'· Ahliyya (legal capacity: to have rights and duties, and to act; its stages from the womb to full maturity, and what impairs it)· Democracy and the Sharia — compatibility and conflict· Fatwa on the satellite channels — its benefit and harm· Secularism and Islam — conflict or concord· Stoning (rajm) as a penalty for zina
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.7 p.263-264
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.7 p.263
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.7 p.264
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “أبو عبد الله الحسن بن حامد الوراق الحنبلي”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-hamid-al-warraq/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.