al-Muhibb Abdallah, Mufid al-Jabal

المحب عبد الله مفيد الجبل

c. 1220 CE · c. 618 AH – c. June 1260 CE · c. 12 Jumada II 658 AH

Damascus

The Maqdisi hafiz (d. 12 Jumada II 658, aged 40) — pupil of al-Muwaffaq, traveller to Baghdad for the Qabiti and Ibn al-Fakhar; 'most complete in his devotion to hadith' 1.

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Roles
Scholar · muhaddith
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abu Bakr ibn Qawam al-Balisi · Abu Shama al-Dimashqi · Afif al-Din al-Tilimsani · Ahmad al-Badawi · Al-Abraqawhi, Ahmad ibn Ishaq

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Damascus

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Place in the story

    sunni-hanbali (transmitted)

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    Overview

    The muhaddith Mufid al-Jabal (d. 12 Jumada II 658, aged forty); he transmitted from al-Shaykh al-Muwaffaq, Ibn al-Bann and Ibn al-Zubaydi, traveled to Baghdad and heard al-Qabiti, Ibn al-Fakhar and their tier, and wrote much — devoting himself to hadith most completely in hearing and writing 1.

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    Studied under
    Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi
    Died in
    Damascus

    People and things also explored

    al-Fakhr ibn al-Bukhari, musnid of the age· Ibrahim, khatib of the Mountain· Izz al-Din al-Maqdisi· Sayf al-Din Ibn Qudama· Sharaf al-Din al-Maqdisi al-Salihi· Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi· Damascus· the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 300
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    islam.museum contributors. “al-Muhibb Abdallah, Mufid al-Jabal”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-muhibb-mufid-al-jabal/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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    al-Fakhr ibn al-Bukhari, musnid of the age

    Musnid al-dunya — transmitted hadith over sixty years, joining grandsons to grandfathers in isnad-loftiness; Ibn Taymiyya: 'my breast opens when I put Ibn al-Bukhari between me and the Prophet in a hadith', among them the Hanbali musalsal called the Golden Chain.