Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi
Sunni scholar and hadith master (1146–1203)
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Abd al-Ghani ibn Abd al-Wahid al-Maqdisi (Arabic: عبد الغني بن عبد الوحيد المقدسي, romanized: ʿAbd al-Ghāni ibn ʿAbd al-Waḥīd al-Maqdisī; 1146 – 1203) was a classical Sunni Islamic scholar and a prominent hadith master.[3] He was born in 1146 CE (541 AH) 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 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 1203 CE (600 AH).[5]
Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi | |
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| Title | Taqi al-Dīn |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1146 CE/541 AH[citation needed] |
| Died | 1203 CE/600 AH[1] |
| Resting place | Al-Qurāfah cemetery, Egypt |
| Era | Islamic golden age |
| Region | Ash-Sham |
| Main interest | Hadith |
| Notable works |
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| Occupation | Islamic scholar |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Hanbali[4] |
| Creed | Athari |
| Muslim leader | |
Influenced by | |
He was a relative of Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi, as his mother and Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi's grandmother were sisters.[6] He had three sons named Muhammad, Abdullah and Abdur-Rahman, all of whom became prominent scholars. The scholar, Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi was 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 [number 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 (Kalam).
- 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 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 Umdat ul-Aḥkām min Kalām Khayr il-Kalām.
- 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