At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu'l-Khayr al-'Ala'i, the musnid of Jerusalem; he profited by his father's learning from the elders — al-Hajjar, al-Mizzi — who travelled with him to Cairo and had him hear Abu Hayyan and several of al-Najib's companions; he dwelt in Jerusalem until he became one of its notables, and the rihla for hearing hadith there was to him. 1
Ibn Hajar's account
Ibn Hajar said: "in his last years there surfaced for him a hearing of Ibn Majah upon al-Hajjar, so I travelled to him from Cairo that year for it — word of his death reached me at Ramla, and I turned from Jerusalem to Damascus; he had licensed me more than once." 1
Connections
- Died in
- Jerusalem
People and things also explored
Masjid Al-Aqsa· al-Haram al-Sharif (the Temple Mount esplanade)· Dome of the Rock· Mosque of Omar· The Western Wall (Buraq Wall)· Arson at al-Aqsa Mosque (1969)· Atsiz ibn Uwaq's campaign against Syria· Buraq Wall disturbances (1929)
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 23
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu al-Khayr al-'Ala'i al-Muqaddisi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-al-khayr-al-alai/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.