الشيخ عز الدين بن عبد السلام
الشيخ عز الدين بن عبد السلام
The sultan of scholars; Damascus's khatib who stripped the gilded banners for plain black-on-white and cut the muezzins to one. When the Tatars neared he ruled: all the world must fight them, the people's wealth may be taken for their arming only if the amirs first sell their own luxuries — 'taking the commons' money while the soldiers' finery remains: no' 1.
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- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
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Overview
Shaykh Izz al-Din ibn Abd al-Salam, whom al-Suyuti titled "Sultan of the Scholars". He was appointed preacher of Damascus in 637 AH. By his own description he preached a sermon free of innovations, removed the gilded banners and put in their place black banners with white lettering. Only one muezzin called to prayer before him. 2
His counsel to Qutuz
Al-Suyuti relates that when the Tatars reached Amid and Qutuz gathered the amirs, he said: if the enemy enters the land, it becomes incumbent on the scholars to fight them, and it is permitted to take from the subjects what is needed for the war, on condition that nothing remains in the treasury, and that the amirs sell their belts and equipment, each being content with his horse and weapons. Taking the wealth of the common people while the soldiers keep what is in their hands is not allowed. 2
Biographical works attribute to him the book al-Imam fi Adilat al-Ahkam. 3
Connections
- Authored
- الإمام في أدلة الأحكام
- Participated in
- قيام الخلافة العباسية بالقاهرة
People and things also explored
المستنصر بالله الثاني أحمد بن الظاهر· السلطان الظاهر ركن الدين بيبرس البندقداري· قيام الخلافة العباسية بالقاهرة· الإمام في أدلة الأحكام
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 705,719-720
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p.705,719-720
- Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.)
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islam.museum contributors. “الشيخ عز الدين بن عبد السلام”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/izz-al-din-ibn-abd-al-salam/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.