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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 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-SaghÄ«r Li Ahkām al-BashÄ«r an-NadhÄ«r
  • I`tiqād ul-Imām Ash-Shafi`Ä« -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'Ä«n Min Kalām Rabbil-AalamÄ«n
  • Amr bi-l-MaÊ¿rÅ«f wa-n-Nahy Ê¿ani-l-Munkar
  • At-TarghÄ«b fid-Du'ā al-Hathth Alayhi
  • At-Tawakkul was Su'āl Allāh Azza wa Jall
  • Al-Aathār al-Mardiyyah FÄ« 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-Miá¹£baḥ fÄ« `Uyun il-Aḥādith aá¹£-á¹¢iḥaḥ
  • Mukhtaá¹£ar SÄ«rah an-NabÄ« wa SÄ«rah Aṣḥabihi al-‘Asharah (Short Biographies of the Prophet and His Ten Companions who were given the Tidings of Paradise)
  • Ṭuḥfat ut-ṬālibÄ«n fÄ«l JÄ«had wal-MujāhidÄ«n
  • 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-á¹¢adaqah
  • Faḍā'il Ashar Dhil-Hijjah
  • Faḍā'il Umar bin al-Khattāb
  • Faḍā'il Makkah
  • Al-Kamāl FÄ« Ma'rifat ir-Rijāl
  • Miḥnah Imām Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal

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