At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · Scholar · muhaddith
- 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-hanbali (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Shams al-Din Ibn Abi 'Umar — shaykh of the Hanbalis, indeed shaykh al-Islam, jurist of Syria, model of the devout and the unique of his time; he commented on his uncle al-Muwaffaq's al-Muqni' in ten massive volumes, took usul from Sayf al-Din al-Amidi, and the headship of the madhhab — indeed of knowledge itself in his age — ended with him. 1
His life and judgeship
Ibn al-Khabbaz gathered his biography and reports in a hundred and fifty parts — "I have never seen a longer scholar's life," said al-Dhahabi; al-Nawawi used to say "he is the greatest of my shaykhs." He judged over twelve years against his will, took no stipend for it, was humble with the common folk and aloof with kings; among his pupils Taqi al-Din Ibn Taymiyya, al-Mizzi and al-Birzali. From Ibn Taymiyya's eulogy: "lord of the people of Islam in his time, the pole of the sphere of days in his season." 1
Connections
- Taught
- Abdallah Katila al-Harbi
- Studied under
- Sayf al-Din al-Amidi
- Buried in
- Damascus
People and things also explored
Sayf al-Din al-Amidi· Damascus· 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
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 645-647
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Shams al-Din ibn Abi Umar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/shams-al-din-ibn-abi-umar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.