Ibn al-Salah enters al-Sham in 617 or earlier: Damascus, Aleppo and Harran, 617/1220

ابن الصلاح يدخل الشام في سنة سبع عشرة أو قبلها: دمشق وحلب وحران، ٦١٧هـ/١٢٢٠م

c. 1220 CE · 617 AH

Damascus → Aleppo → Harran

Ibn al-Salah entered al-Sham in 617/1220 or earlier, hearing from al-Muwaffaq, the shaykh of the Hanbalis Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi, from Zayn al-Umana' and from al-Muwaffaq's brother the mufti Fakhr al-Din. He had already come to Damascus before, hearing from the qadi Jamal al-Din ibn al-Harastani; at Aleppo he heard Abu Muhammad ibn al-Ustadh, and at Harran the hafiz 'Abd al-Qadir 1.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
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121012201230 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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DamascusAleppo

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Summary

Ibn al-Salah entered al-Sham in 617/1220 or earlier, hearing from al-Muwaffaq, the shaykh of the Hanbalis Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi, from Zayn al-Umana' and from al-Muwaffaq's brother the mufti Fakhr al-Din. 1

Sham hearings

He had already come to Damascus before, hearing from the qadi Jamal al-Din ibn al-Harastani; at Aleppo he heard Abu Muhammad ibn al-Ustadh, and at Harran the hafiz 'Abd al-Qadir. 1

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Ibn al-Salah· Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi· Zayn al-Umana'· Abd al-Rahman ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi· Jamal al-Din ibn al-Harastani· Abd al-Qadir al-Rahawi
Occurred at
Damascus· Aleppo· Harran

People and things also explored

Damascus· Ibn Taymiyya· Abd al-Qadir al-Rahawi· Ibn al-Salah· Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi· Abu Dawud's wider journey: Egypt, the Jazira, Harran and Aleppo· Al-Sakhawi's Syrian rihla: Aleppo, Damascus, Jerusalem, c. 873· Ibn al-Salah takes the mashyakha of the al-Ashrafiyya dar al-hadith, then the Shamiyya al-Sughra, 630/1233

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 186
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