At a glance
- Roles
- qadi · Scholar
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq · Egypt & Nile
- Review
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Life in time
In space
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Overview
Chief qadi 'Imad al-Din Abu Salih Nasr b. 'Abd al-Razzaq b. Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, the Hanbali; he taught, gave fatwa and debated, mastering the madhhab, and held the judgeship in 523, being deposed months later. 1
His judgeship and scruples
Al-Zahir b. al-Nasir appointed him chief qadi over his whole realm on condition he provide for kin, so he sent him ten thousand dinars to pay the debts of imprisoned debtors, and returned to him oversight of all the waqfs; scrupulous in judgment, strong of soul in truth, without favouritism — he prayed in congregation, went out to the mosque in haste and wore cotton. When al-Mustansir deposed him he recited, "I praised God when He decreed my deliverance from the judgeship." He composed Irshad al-mubtadi'in in fiqh and selected forty hadiths for himself; he died and was buried at Imam Ahmad's mausoleum. 1
Connections
- Died in
- Baghdad
- Child of
- Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
People and things also explored
The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad· Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom· The 'Adudi Bimaristan· al-Bimaristan al-Muqtadiri· Bimaristan al-Sayyida· Dar al-'Ilm of Baghdad (Sabur's library)· The Jami' al-Qati'a of Baghdad· The mosque of Qati'at Umm Ja'far
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 161-162
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Nasr ibn Abd al-Razzaq al-Jili”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/nasr-ibn-abd-al-razzaq/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.