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Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi

Sunni scholar and hadith master (1146–1203)

Field	Value
religion	Islam
era	Islamic golden age
name	Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi
title	Taqiyy ud-Dīn
birth_date	1146 CE/541 AH
death_date	1203 CE/600 AH
resting_place	Al-Qurāfah cemetery, Egypt
Maddhab	Hanbali
school_tradition	Athari
region	Ash-Sham
main_interests	Hadith
occupation	Islamic scholar
works
influences	Abu-al-Faraj Ibn Al-Jawzi

Abd al-Ghani ibn Abd al-Wahid al-Maqdisi (; 11461203) was a classical Sunni Islamic scholar and a prominent hadith master. 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).

He was a relative of Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi, as his mother and Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi's grandmother were sisters. 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]"

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
Itiqād ul-Imām Ash-Shafiī -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 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

References

Bibliography

References

"USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts".
(2009). "Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World ''(Foundations of Islam)''". [[Oneworld Publications]].
"U-M Web Hosting".
(October 22, 2006). "IslamicAwakening.Com: Ibn al-Jawzi: A Lifetime of Da'wah".
(2010-10-28). "'Abdul Ghani al-Maqdisi عبد الغني المقدسي". Arees University, Texas USA.
Drory, 1988, p. 107
"ذيل طبقات الحنابلة - ابن رجب - ت. الفقي".

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