At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · Merchant
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
Abu'l-Hasan al-Khayr b. Muhammad b. Sahl al-Ansari of al-Andalus, of Valencia, the muhaddith; he journeyed to the Mashriq and travelled in trade as far as China — a jurist-scholar, exacting — hearing Abu 'Abdallah al-Na'ali, Turad b. Muhammad and a company; he dwelt at Isfahan a while then Baghdad, reading fiqh under al-Ghazali. He died in Muharram 541. 1
Connections
- Studied under
- Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
People and things also explored
al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488· Death of al-Ghazali at Tus· al-Ghazali leaves Baghdad· al-Ghazali becomes chief professor at the Nizamiyya in Baghdad· Muhyi al-Din Abu Sa'd al-Nisaburi· جمال الإسلام السلمي· أبو منصور بن الرزاز· ابن رشد الحفيد
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 608-609
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu al-Hasan al-Balansi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-balansi-abu-al-hasan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.