At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · teacher
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Sadr al-Din Ibn al-Kassar, the hafiz of al-Jazira; he heard from Ibn al-Bukhari and a company and wrote much hadith in a fine hand — wearing rags and no visitor of note; in his last days the Dirja school was opened for him 1.
Connections
- Died in
- Damascus
People and things also explored
the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488· al-Ashraf takes Damascus
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 771-772
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Sadr al-Din ibn al-Kassar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sadr-al-din-ibn-al-kassar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.