At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · muhaddith · mystic
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
sunni-hanbali (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Ibrahim, khatib of al-Jabal, the ascetic; he heard from al-'Imad, Shaykh Muwaffaq al-Din, Abu'l-Yumn al-Kindi, Abu'l-Qasim Ibn al-Hurastani and many — an imam in knowledge and works, versed in the madhhab, righteous, worshipful, ascetic, sincere, a man of states and wonders, commanding the right and speaking truth. 1
His life and death
The muhaddith Abu'l-Fida' Ibn al-Khabbaz gathered his sira in one volume; a company transmitted and heard from him, among them Abu'l-'Abbas al-Hayri, his last companion. He died on 19 Rabi' I and was buried at the foot of Qasyun — father of the two imams 'Izz al-Din the fara'idi and 'Izz al-Din Muhammad, khatib of the Muzaffari mosque. 1
Connections
- Studied under
- Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi
- Buried in
- Damascus
People and things also explored
al-Fakhr ibn al-Bukhari, musnid of the age· al-Muhibb Abdallah, Mufid al-Jabal· Izz al-Din al-Maqdisi· Sayf al-Din Ibn Qudama· Sharaf al-Din al-Maqdisi al-Salihi· Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi· Damascus· the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 560-561
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ibrahim, khatib of the Mountain”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibrahim-khatib-al-jabal/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.