Muhyi al-Din, Descendant of al-Ghazali

Muhyi al-Din Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, of the line of the imam Muhammad al-Ghazali of Tus. He came from his country to Aleppo in Ramadan 830 AH. He had heard from the leading musnad scholar of the time, Ibn Amayla. Much learning and asceticism and piety were reported of him, and he made the pilgrimage several times, once on foot in the manner of the ascetics. He was highly honoured in his own country. He died in Aleppo in the last ten days of Ramadan, and his funeral was a notable one ¹.