Sayf al-Din Ibn Qudama

سيف الدين ابن قدامة

1208 CE · 605 AH – c. December 1245 CE · Sha'ban 643 AH

Damascus

Muwaffaq al-Din Ibn Qudama's grandson (b. 605, d. Sha'ban 643, Qasyun) — Dhahabi: 'had he lived he would have led his age in knowledge and practice'; author of a large volume refuting Ibn Tahir al-Maqdisi's permissibility of sama' 1.

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Roles
Scholar · muhaddith
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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: Abu al-Abbas al-Qurti · Abu al-Hajjaj al-Biyasi · Abu Ali al-Shalubin · Abu Bakr ibn Qawam al-Balisi · Abu Shama al-Dimashqi

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Damascus

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Place in the story

    sunni-hanbali (transmitted)

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    Overview

    Sayf al-Din Ibn Qudama, the Hanbali hafiz — son of Shaykh al-Islam Muwaffaq al-Din Ibn Qudama; born at al-Jabal, he heard much from his grandfather and from Abu'l-Yumn al-Kindi, travelled and heard at Baghdad, wrote much in his hand and composed. 1

    Al-Dhahabi's praise

    Al-Dhahabi said he was "trustworthy, a hafiz, intelligent, alert, of a fine hand, working by the athar, commanding the right and speaking truth — had his life been long he would have led his contemporaries in knowledge and works"; he composed a large volume refuting the hafiz Muhammad b. Tahir al-Maqdisi's permission of sama'. 1

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    Studied under
    Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi
    Died in
    Damascus
    Buried in
    Damascus

    People and things also explored

    al-Fakhr ibn al-Bukhari, musnid of the age· al-Muhibb Abdallah, Mufid al-Jabal· Ibrahim, khatib of the Mountain· Izz al-Din al-Maqdisi· Sharaf al-Din al-Maqdisi al-Salihi· Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi· Damascus· the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 225
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    al-Fakhr ibn al-Bukhari, musnid of the age

    Musnid al-dunya — transmitted hadith over sixty years, joining grandsons to grandfathers in isnad-loftiness; Ibn Taymiyya: 'my breast opens when I put Ibn al-Bukhari between me and the Prophet in a hadith', among them the Hanbali musalsal called the Golden Chain.