Ibn Khalil al-Dimashqi Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf
ابن خليل الدمشقي أبو الحجاج يوسف
1160 CE · 555 AH – 1250 CE · 648 AH
Shams al-Din Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf ibn Khalil of Damascus and later Aleppo; born 555 AH (1160 CE) and died 648 AH (1250 CE).
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Shams al-Din Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf ibn Khalil ibn Qaraja ibn Abdallah, of Damascus and then of Aleppo. He was born in 555 AH (1160 CE) and died in 648 AH (1250 CE). 1
What is reported of him
The source describes him as a scholar. His teachers and works need an additional source.
People and things also explored
The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· Command, prohibition and capacity· Bid'a (religious innovation)· Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)
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 Khalil al-Dimashqi Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-khalil-al-dimashqi-abu-al-hajjaj-yusuf/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.