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al-Izz ibn Abd al-Ghani

العز بن عبد الغني

c. 1170 CE · 566 AH – c. 1217 CE · 19 Sha'ban 613 AH

Damascus

Al-Izz Muhammad, Abu al-Fath, son of the hafiz Abd al-Ghani ibn Abd al-Wahid al-Maqdisi, himself a hafiz and son of a hafiz. Born in 566, he travelled to Baghdad as a youth and heard from Ibn Shamil and his generation; he also heard in Damascus and then travelled to Isfahan. He was described as fine in recitation and sound in memory and understanding. Al-Diya said he was a hafiz, a Hanbali jurist and versed in many fields, and then described him as firmly pious and of complete integrity. Abu Shama said he accompanied al-Malik al-Mu'azzam Isa and heard much through his recitation, a pious, ascetic and scrupulous hafiz. Narrating from him were the two sons, Taqi al-Din Ahmad and Izz al-Din Abd al-Rahman, al-Diya, al-Shihab al-Qusi, Shams al-Din Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Umar and Ibn al-Bukhari. He died on the night of Monday, 19 Shawwal 613, and was buried at the foot of Qasiyun. Al-Diya said: 'We were reading with him on the night he died, and I saw on his belly a light like a lamp' 1.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Muwaffaq al-Din Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi · Abdallah al-Yunini · Abu al-Abbas al-Azafi · Abu al-Mahasin al-Shawwa · Abu Ali al-Shalubin

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Damascus

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Overview

Al-'Izz Muhammad ibn al-Hafiz 'Abd al-Ghani ibn 'Abd al-Wahid al-Maqdisi — Abu'l-Fath, hafiz son of a hafiz; born in 566, he travelled to Baghdad as a youth hearing Ibn Shamil and his generation, heard at Damascus and journeyed to Isfahan, and was noted for fine recitation, sound memorisation and understanding. 2

Testimonies and death

Al-Diya' called him "a hafiz, Hanbali jurist, man of many disciplines" and attested his firm religion and complete manliness; Abu Shama said he accompanied al-Malik al-Mu'azzam 'Isa and heard much from him, being devout, ascetic and scrupulous; Taqi al-Din's sons Ahmad and 'Izz al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman, al-Diya', al-Shihab al-Qawsi, Shams al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi 'Umar and Ibn al-Bukhari transmitted from him; he died on Monday night 19 Shawwal 613 and was buried at the foot of Qasyun. 2

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People and things also explored

the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488· al-Ashraf takes Damascus

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 56-57
  2. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)

The mosque raised inside the cave of Mount Qasyun by Abu al-Faraj Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'allim beginning in 370, after a dream in which Jibril bade him build a mosque where God's name would be remembered — he called it Jibril's Cave; a broad prayer-hall floored in white marble, its columns all marble, never empty of the pious at remembrance.