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- Roles
- Scholar
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
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Life in time
Overview
Ahmad al-Ghazali, brother of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, author of "Ihya Ulum al-Din". He was a jurist whose preaching came to dominate him. He abridged his brother's book in one volume he called "Lubab al-Ihya", and died in 520 AH. 1
What the biography says
"Shadharat al-Dhahab" says that he once preached before Sultan Mahmud, who gave him a thousand dinars, and that his inclination was towards withdrawal and seclusion. He taught at the Nizamiyya in Baghdad when his brother left it, out of asceticism. Among his works is "al-Dhakhira fi Ilm al-Basira". It says he died in Qazvin in 520 AH. 2
The year of death in the museum's data is approximate, and the two sources cited support it.
Sources
- Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.) , p. 198
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 540-541
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ahmad al-Ghazali”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ahmad-al-ghazali/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.