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برهان الدين البلخي

برهان الدين البلخي

c. 1153 CE · 548 AH

Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Balkhi, the Hanafi preacher and ascetic called Burhan al-Din; he lectured at the Sadiriyya until the amir Turkhan's house was made his madrasa — the Hanbalis rose against him for speaking of them; an ascetic who turned from the world, it was he who rose to abolish the 'hayya ala khayr al-amal' call at Aleppo, a grandee of state who also lectured at Khatun's mosque; his notice falls in year 548 1.

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Roles
Jurist · Scholar · teacher
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Summary

Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali b. al-Hasan al-Balkhi, the Hanafi preacher and ascetic styled Burhan al-Din; he taught at the Sadiriyya, then Amir Tankhan's house was made a madrasa for him — and the Hanbalis rose against him for speaking of them. An ascetic who shunned the world, he led the abolishing of 'hayya 'ala khayr al-'amal' from Aleppo, was mighty and splendid in the state, and taught also at Khatun's mosque; his biography falls under the year 548. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 628
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