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Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

عبد الرزاق ابن عبد القادر الجيلي

c. October 1134 CE · 18 Dhu al-Qa'da 528 AH – c. May 1206 CE · 6 Shawwal 603 AH

Abd al-Razzaq, son of Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, Hanbali hafiz — b. Monday 18 Dhu al-Qa'da 528 in Baghdad, trained by his father then in his own right; al-Diya' saw none in Baghdad more wakeful and painstaking, Ibn Nuqta and Ibn al-Najjar call him trustworthy, exact, a jurist of Ahmad's madhhab, pious, secluded at home save for Fridays, generous to knowledge-seekers; Abu Shama: 'ascetic, devout — none of the shaykh's sons like him, and he never entered what his brothers entered.' He died Saturday night 6 Shawwal 603, prayed over at several places on a witnessed day, buried at Imam Ahmad's cemetery 1.

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Scholar
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Overview

'Abd al-Razzaq ibn Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani the Hanbali, Abu Bakr; born at Baghdad on Monday 18 Dhu'l-Qa'da 528, his father had him hear Abu'l-Fadl al-Armawi and his generation, then he heard for himself. Al-Diya' said "I saw no one at Baghdad like him in wakefulness and exactness"; Ibn Nuqta called him a trustworthy, faithful hafiz; Ibn al-Najjar "a hafiz, exact, a jurist of Ahmad's school, devout, secluded at home going out only on Fridays, loving transmission, honouring students, proud of soul on the early way"; and Abu Shama "an ascetic worshipper — there was none like him among the Shaykh's sons, and he never entered what his brothers entered." 2

Death

He died on Saturday night, 6 Shawwal 603; prayers were said over him at several places in a witnessed day, and he was buried in the Shawiniziyya cemetery. 2

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Child of
Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
Parent of
Nasr ibn Abd al-Razzaq al-Jili

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Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani· al-Juba'i· حماد الدباس· Baghdad· Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani· Nasr ibn Abd al-Razzaq al-Jili

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 17-18
  2. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

Abu Muhammad Abd al-Wahhab, son of Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, the Baghdadi Hanbali preacher; b. 2 Sha'ban 522, trained under his father till he excelled, lecturing as his deputy at the madrasa from twenty-odd, then independently after him, and held the mazalim office for al-Nasir in 583. Clever, graceful, one of Baghdad's wits — none of his father's sons was more learned in fiqh; eloquent in preaching with a taste for jest. Once asked in his session 'what say you of the Prophet's house?' he answered 'they have blinded me' — being himself weak-eyed — answering for his own house. He died Wednesday night 15 Shawwal 593.