Ibn Rajab's teaching posts in Damascus and his preaching sessions, c. 775 onward

تدريس ابن رجب في مدارس دمشق ومجالس وعظه، نحو ٧٧٥هـ فصاعداً

c. 1375 CE · c. 775 AH

Ibn Rajab taught in Damascus in the madrasas al-Hanbaliyya, al-Sharifiyya and al-'Umariyya al-Shaykhiyya, and in al-Turba al-'Izziyya, and he lived at al-Madrasa al-Sukkariyya at al-Qusa'in; Ibn al-Imad says his sessions of counsel broke hearts and benefited the public, and every faction gathered around him ¹ ².

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Era: The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region: Levant & Iraq
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Ibn Rajab taught in Damascus in the madrasas al-Hanbaliyya, al-Sharifiyya and al-'Umariyya al-Shaykhiyya, and in al-Turba al-'Izziyya, and he lived at al-Madrasa al-Sukkariyya at al-Qusa'in. ¹ ²

The preaching sessions

Ibn al-Imad writes: 'his sessions of counsel broke hearts and were blessed and beneficial to the public; every faction gathered around him and hearts inclined to him in love', and 'he knew nothing of people's affairs and never frequented the holders of office'. ²

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Had participant: Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali
Occurred at: Damascus

People and things also explored

Ibn Rajab moves to Damascus with his father, 744· Death of Ibn Rajab in Damascus and burial at Bab al-Saghir cemetery, Rajab or Ramadan 795· Ibn Rajab hears Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya and the shaykhs of Damascus, c. 750· Ibn al-Nakib's ijaza for Ibn Rajab, before 764· Sa'd al-Din al-Nawawi's ijaza for Ibn Rajab, before 805· Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya· Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali· Damascus

Sources

Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 934
Jami' al-Ulum wal-Hikam — Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali , p. 14

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Ibn Rajab moves to Damascus with his father, 744

Ibn Rajab's father, the shaykh Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Rajab al-Baghdadi, moved with his children from Baghdad to Damascus in 744/1343, when Ibn Rajab was about eight years old; the father had already heard hadith from the masters of Baghdad before the move.