Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi

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‘Abd al-Ghanī al-Maqdīsi
TitleTaqiyy ud-Dīn
Personal
Born1146 CE/541 AH[citation needed]
Died1203 CE/600 AH[1]
Resting placeAl-Qurāfah cemetery, Egypt
ReligionIslam
EthnicityArab
EraIslamic golden age
RegionAsh-Sham
JurisprudenceHanbali[2]
CreedAthari
Main interest(s)Hadith
Notable work(s)
OccupationIslamic scholar
Muslim leader
Influenced by

‘Abd al-Ghanī ibn ‘Abd al-Wāḥid al-Jammā’īlī al-Maqdisi (Arabic: عبدالغني المقدسي‎) was a classical Sunni Islamic scholar and a prominent Hadith master.[vague][4][citation needed] His full name was al-Imam al-Hafidh Abu Muhammad Abdul-Ghani ibn Abdul-Wahid bin Alī bin Surūr Ibn Rāfi' bin Hussain bin Ja'far al-Maqdisi al-Jammāʻīlī al-Hanbali. He was born in 541 AH (1146 CE) in the village of Jummail in Palestine. He studied with scholars in Damascus; many of whom were from his own extended family. He studied with many scholars including the Imam of Tasawwuf, Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani. He was the first person to establish a school on Mount Qasioun near Damascus. He died in 600 AH (1203 CE).[5]

He was a relative of Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi, as his mother and Diya al-Din al-Maqdisis grandmother were sisters.[6]He had three sons named Muhammad, Abdullah and Abdur-Rahman, all of which became prominent noble scholars. The great scholar, Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi is the maternal cousin of Abdul-Ghani, and Ibn Qudāmah described his association with Abdul-Ghani as:

"My friend in childhood and in seeking knowledge, and never did we race to goodness except that he would precede me to it, with the exception of [a] small [amount of occasions]"[7]

He was the author of Al-Kamal fi Asma' al-Rijal, a collection of biographies of hadith narrators within the Islamic discipline of biographical evaluation.

Works[]

His works include:

  • Kitāb ut-Tawḥīd
  • Akhbār Ad-Dajjāl
  • Al-`Itiqād - A short text that outlines the foundational creed.
  • Al-Jāmi' as-Saghīr Li Ahkām al-Bashīr an-Nadhīr
  • I`tiqād ul-Imām Ash-Shafi`ī -The author shows the complete agreement between all the Imams on foundational theology and particularly the Imam’s dislike for speculative theology.
  • Al-Ahkām
  • Al-Arba'īn Min Kalām Rabbil-Aalamīn
  • Amr bi-l-Maʿrūf wa-n-Nahy ʿani-l-Munkar
  • At-Targhīb fid-Du'ā al-Hathth Alayhi
  • At-Tawakkul was Su'āl Allāh Azza wa Jall
  • Al-Aathār al-Mardiyyah Fī Fadā'il Khayr il-Bariyyah
  • Al-Iqtiṣād fil-I'tiqād-This is a book on advanced theology that itemises creed into a series of themes.
  • Al-Miṣbaḥ fī `Uyun il-Aḥādith aṣ-Ṣiḥaḥ
  • Mukhtaṣar Sīrah an-Nabī wa Sīrah Aṣḥabihi al-‘Asharah (Short Biographies of the Prophet ﷺ and His Ten Companions who were given the Tidings of Paradise)
  • Ṭuḥfat ut-Ṭālibīn fīl Jīhad wal-Mujāhidīn
  • Umdat ul-Aḥkām min Kalām Khayr il-Kalām
  • Umdat ul-Aḥkām al-kubrā - Extended version of the above book.
  • Faḍā'il ul-Hajj
  • Faḍā'il us-Ṣadaqah
  • Faḍā'il Ashar Dhil-Hijjah
  • Faḍā'il Umar bin al-Khattāb
  • Faḍā'il Makkah
  • Al-Kamāl Fī Ma'rifat ir-Rijāl
  • Miḥnah Imām Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal

See also[]

  • Maqdisi (nesbat)
  • History of Hadith

References[]

  1. ^ USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts[citation needed] Archived August 29, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b A.C. Brown, Jonathan (2009). Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (Foundations of Islam). Oneworld Publications. p. 61. ISBN 978-1851686636.
  3. ^ Hadith Bibliography Archived March 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Ibn al-Jawzi: A Lifetime of Da'wah
  5. ^ "'Abdul Ghani al-Maqdisi عبد الغني المقدسي". Muslim Scholars Database. Arees University, Texas USA. 2010-10-28. Retrieved 2014-09-27.
  6. ^ Drory, 1988, p. 107
  7. ^ Dhayl ‘alá Ṭabaqāt al-Ḥanābilah

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