Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali
ابن رجب الحنبلي
c. 1335 CE · Rabi' I 736 AH – c. 1393 CE · 795 AH
Baghdad → Damascus → Mecca → Medina → Jerusalem
The Hanbali hadith master and jurist Zayn al-Din Abu al-Faraj Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad, known as Ibn Rajab after his grandfather Rajab; born in Baghdad in 736 AH, moved to Damascus in 744, travelled for learning to Egypt, the Hijaz and Jerusalem, and died in Damascus in 795 AH. Author of 'Jami' al-Ulum wal-Hikam'.
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · muhaddith · Jurist · Historian
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
In space
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Scripture and its sciencesDevelopment of law, theology and institutions
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Connections
- Born in
- Baghdad
- Died in
- Damascus
- Lived in
- Damascus
- Studied under
- Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
- Authored
- Jami' al-Ulum wal-Hikam
- Traveled to
- Mecca· Medina· Jerusalem
People and things also explored
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud· Aisha bint Abi Bakr· Hafsa bint Umar· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Umm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)· The Hijra· The Isra and Mi'raj· The Pledges of Aqaba
Sources
- Jami' al-Ulum wal-Hikam — Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali
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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-rajab/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.