Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi
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| Title | Taqi ad-Din |
| Born | 1146 CE/541 AH[citation needed] |
| Died | 1203 CE/600 AH[1][citation needed] |
| Resting place | Al-Qurafah cemetery |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Era | Islamic golden age |
| Region | Ash-Sham |
| Religion | Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Hanbali |
| Creed | Sunni |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith |
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ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn ʻAbd al-Wāḥid al-Jammāʻīlī al-Maqdisi (Arabic: عبدالغاني المقديسي) was a classical Sunni Islamic scholar and a prominent Hadith master.[vague][2][citation needed] His full name was al-Imam al-Hafidh Abu Muhammad Abdul-Ghani ibn Abdul-Wahid al-Jammaʻili al-Maqdisi 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).[3]
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- ↑ USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts[dead link]
- ↑ Ibn al-Jawzi: A Lifetime of Da'wah[dead link]
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