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Najib al-Din ibn al-Awd

نجيب الدين ابن العود الحلي

c. 1194 CE · c. 590 AH – c. October 1280 CE · 15 Sha'ban 679 AH

The Hilli mutakallim — 'shaykh of the Shi'a and their scholar' in this Sunni source's words; slapped at Aleppo for cursing the Companions (as the source relates), settled at Jizzin and died there mid-Sha'ban past ninety 1.

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Scholar
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
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: Al-Baydawi, Abd Allah ibn Umar · Muwaffaq al-Din al-Kawashi · Zaynab bint Makki of Harran · al-Fakhr ibn al-Bukhari, musnid of the age · Ibn Bulayman, the adib

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    Summary

    Najib ibn al-'Awd, the Hilli mutakallim — Ibn al-'Imad describes him as shaykh and scholar of the Shi'a. He lived at Aleppo for a time and was slapped there for reviling the Companions — according to the source's account — then settled at Jizzin until he died there in mid-Sha'ban at more than ninety years of age, having fallen into dotage. 1

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 637
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    islam.museum contributors. “Najib al-Din ibn al-Awd”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/najib-ibn-al-awd/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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