Shams al-Din Ibn Nuh

شمس الدين ابن نوح

c. May 1256 CE · Rabi' II 654 AH

Damascus

Mudarris of the Rawahiyya (d. Rabi' II 654) — the greatest and most madrasa-learned of Ibn al-Salah's pupils 1.

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Roles
Scholar · Jurist · teacher
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: Abagha Khan · Abu al-Abbas al-Qurti · Abu Bakr ibn Qawam al-Balisi · Abu Shama al-Dimashqi · Afif al-Din al-Tilimsani

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Damascus

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    Overview

    Shams al-Din Ibn Nuh, mudarris of the Rawahiyya (d. Rabi' II 654) — the greatest of Ibn al-Salah's pupils and the most madrasa-learned in the madhhab; a company took fiqh from him 1.

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    Studied under
    Ibn al-Salah
    Died in
    Damascus

    People and things also explored

    al-Kamal Salar al-Irbili· Taj al-Din al-Firkah, jurist of Syria· 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

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 273
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    al-Kamal Salar al-Irbili

    Mufti of Syria — Ibn al-Salah's senior pupil ('shaykh of the ashab'), al-Nawawi among those who profited from him; perpetual mu'id of the Badra'iyya, abridger of al-Ruyani's al-Bahr; 'the fatwa of Syria turned on him'.