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نصر بن منصور المقري

نصر بن منصور المقري

c. August 1107 CE · 13 Jumada I 501 AH – c. May 1192 CE · 30 Rabi' II 588 AH

Abu al-Murahhil Nasr b. Mansur al-Muqri the Hanbali poet; b. Tuesday 13 Jumada II 501 at al-Rafiqa near al-Raqqa, son of Arab amirs, raised in Sham where he composed fine verse as a youth. Smallpox at fourteen dimmed his sight; Baghdad's doctors gave up and he went blind — so he memorized the Qur'an, heard hadith, trained in fiqh, studied Arabic and adab under Ibn al-Jawaliqi, and loved the scholars, Abd al-Qadir among them. He praised caliphs and wazirs and left a diwan; asked his creed he answered: 'I love Ali and the two sons and their seed, yet count not the Two Shaykhs beneath them in rank; I clear myself of Uthman's harm as of Ibn Muljam's allegiance, and the truthful hadith folk delight me — to none but them do I belong.' He died Tuesday 30 Rabi' II 588 and was buried in Imam Ahmad's cemetery 1.

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At a glance

Roles
Poet · Scholar
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Overview

Abu'l-Marhal — also Abu'l-Fath — Nasr ibn Mansur ibn al-Hasan al-Muqri, the Hanbali poet and man of letters; born on Tuesday 13 Jumada al-Akhira 501 at al-Rafiqa near Raqqa, of the sons of Arab amirs, he grew up in Syria among the literati composing surpassing verse while still a youth; smallpox at fourteen weakened his eyes and he went to Baghdad for treatment, but the physicians despaired and he went blind — whereupon he memorised the Qur'an, heard hadith, studied fiqh and read Arabic and letters under Ibn al-Jawaliqi. He loved scholars and saints — Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir among them — praised the caliphs and viziers, left a diwan, and was eloquent and firm in the Sunna. 2

Death

He died on Tuesday 30 Rabi' al-Akhir 588 and was buried in Imam Ahmad's cemetery. 2

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 776-777
  2. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p.776-777
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