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مجد الدين الكلاثي

مجد الدين الكلاثي

c. 1200 CE · 596 AH

Majd al-Din Tahir b. Nasrallah b. Juhayl al-Kulathi of Hilla, Shafi'i and faridi, teacher at Salah al-Din's madrasa in Jerusalem; he transmitted hadith and wrote for Nur al-Din a book on the merit of jihad — father of the Banu Juhayl, Damascus's jurists — and was one of those who stood against the philosopher Suhrawardi and licensed his killing; he died at Jerusalem aged sixty-four in 596 1.

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Muwaffaq al-Din Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi · Abd al-Qadir al-Rahawi · Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abdallah al-Yunini

Summary

Majd al-Din Tahir ibn Nasrallah ibn Juhayl al-Kulathi of Hilla — Shafi'i faraidi, teacher at Salah al-Din's madrasa in Jerusalem; he heard and transmitted hadith from many, and composed for Sultan Nur al-Din the martyr a book on the excellence of jihad; father of the Banu Juhayl, the Damascene jurists — and one of those who rose against al-Suhrawardi the philosopher and gave the fatwa for his killing; he died at Jerusalem at sixty-four in 596. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 804
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