At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
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In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
In 488 AH the imam al-Ghazali came to Damascus as an ascetic, wrote his book Ihya Ulum al-Din there, and taught it in Damascus 1.
His stay
Al-Ghazali stayed in Damascus for two years in his asceticism and seclusion. He then performed the pilgrimage and returned to his homeland 1.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Damascus
- Had participant
- Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
People and things also explored
the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· Death of al-Ghazali at Tus· al-Ghazali leaves Baghdad
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 384
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/al-ghazali-damascus-retreat-488/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.