At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · Preacher
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Wahhab b. Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, the Baghdadi Hanbali preacher; born 2 Sha'ban 522, his father had him audit while still a boy, and he read fiqh under him until he excelled, lecturing as his deputy at the madrasa while his father lived — he was then past twenty — and independently after him; he held the mazalim office for al-Nasir in 583. 1
His wit
Clever and graceful, one of Baghdad's wits; none of his father's sons was more versed in fiqh — eloquent in preaching, apt with choice anecdotes, humorous, good-natured and shrewd. Asked one day in his session, "what say you of the People of the House?" he answered, "they have blinded me" — he was weak-eyed himself — answering for his own house. He died on the night of Wednesday 15 Shawwal 593. 1
Connections
- Parent of
- Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
- Child of
- Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
People and things also explored
Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani· al-Juba'i· حماد الدباس· Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani· Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 794
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