Ḍiyā’ al-Dīn Abu ‘Abdallah Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahid al-Sa‘di al-Hanbali () ( AH 569–643; AD 1173−1245) was a

Hanbali The Hanbali school or Hanbalism is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence, belonging to the Ahl al-Hadith tradition within Sunni Islam. It is named after and based on the teachings of the 9th-century scholar, jurist and tradit ...

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Biography

Diya' al-Din was born in

Damascus Damascus ( , ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. Kno ...

in 1173. His parents had emigrated from

Nablus Nablus ( ; , ) is a State of Palestine, Palestinian city in the West Bank, located approximately north of Jerusalem, with a population of 156,906. Located between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, it is the capital of the Nablus Governorate and a ...

in the

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shortly before his birth, along with 155 of other Hanbali inhabitants of the area, in response to perceived threats against their

shaykh Sheikh ( , , , , ''shuyūkh'' ) is an honorific title in the Arabic language, literally meaning "elder (administrative title), elder". It commonly designates a tribal chief or a Muslim ulama, scholar. Though this title generally refers to me ...

s from the crusader lord of Nablus,

Baldwin of Ibelin Baldwin of Ibelin, also known as Baldwin II of Ramla ( French: ''Baudouin d'Ibelin'', early 1130s – c. 1187 or 1186/1188), was an important noble of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century and was lord of Ramla from 1169–1186. He ...

Al-Dhahabi Shams ad-Dīn adh-Dhahabī (), also known as Shams ad-Dīn Abū ʿAbdillāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qāymāẓ ibn ʿAbdillāh at-Turkumānī al-Fāriqī ad-Dimashqī (5 October 1274 – 3 February 1348) was an Atharism, Athari ...

described him as the

Sheikh Sheikh ( , , , , ''shuyūkh'' ) is an honorific title in the Arabic language, literally meaning "elder (administrative title), elder". It commonly designates a tribal chief or a Muslim ulama, scholar. Though this title generally refers to me ...

of ''hadith'' scholars. He recorded Maqdisi's death in the year 1245 CE, AH 643. He was a relative of

Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi 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 w ...

, as his grandmother and

's mother were sisters, while

Ibn Qudamah Ibn Qudama (January/February 11477 July 1223) was an ulama, Islamic scholar and aqidah, theologian of the Hanbali, Hanbali school of Sunni Islam. Born in the Palestine (region), Palestine region, Ibn Qudama authored many important treatises on fi ...

was his maternal uncle.

Works

* : a collection of anecdotes about the shaykhs of the Nablus area prior to the mass immigration of Hanbalis to Damascus. Diya al-Din collected the stories from his older relatives who had also lived there * ''Al-Āhādith al-Jiyād al-Mukhtārah min mā laysa fī Ṣaḥīḥain'': a collection of

hadith Hadith is the Arabic word for a 'report' or an 'account f an event and refers to the Islamic oral tradition of anecdotes containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the Islamic prophet Muhammad or his immediate circle ...

arranged by the name of the

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narrating each hadith, in alphabetical order. He was unable to complete it. He intended to include only authentic hadith a goal which, to a large extent, he accomplished. *A short treatise, ''Ikhtisās al-Qurʾān Bi ʿAwdihī ilā al-Rahīm al-Rahmān'', a book bringing together the ahādīth and narrations pertaining to the Qur'an being erased from this Earth and returning to Allāh. *''As-Sunan wal-Ahkam `un il-Mustafa Alaihi Afdal us-Salati was-Salam'' *''Fada'il Al A'amaal'': a collection of

highlighting the virtues of various actions, such as prayer, fasting, charity, and visiting the sick. His book is not to be confused with the similarly titled

Fazail-e-Amaal ''Fazail-e-Amaal'' (), authored by Zakariyya Kandhlawi between 1929 and 1964, is a book that primarily consists of treatises from the Fada'il series, originally published in Urdu. Its purpose is to inspire and motivate Muslims in their religious ...

Zakariyya Kandhlawi Zakariyya Kandhlawi (; 3 February 1898 – 24 May 1982) was a mid-twentieth-century traditionalist Sunni scholar and an authority in the study of hadith, also known as Sheikh al-Hadith, hailing from India. He was an influential member and ideol ...

. *''Al-Rowā 'n Muslim'' *''Fḍā'il Al-Quran'' *''Al-'Dat Li Al-Karb wal-Ālshida'' *''Fḍā'il Ālʿmāl'' *''Manāqib Al-Shikeh Abī Omr Al-Maqdsī'' *''Min Manāqib Ja'far Ibnu Abī ṭālb'' *''Al-nāhī 'n sb Li Al-Aṣḥāb'' *''Al-Nāsīha''

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* * Hadith scholars 13th-century Muslim scholars of Islam Hanbalis 1245 deaths 1173 births 13th-century jurists 13th-century Arab people Supporters of Ibn Arabi {{Islamic-scholar-stub

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