Shihab al-Din Ibn al-Mallah al-Ramli

شهاب الدين ابن الملاح الرملي

between 1454 and 1455 CE · 859 AH – c. 1517 CE · c. 923 AH

Ramla-born then Damascene (b. 859) — 'great share of learning, piety and purity of heart', imam in the qira'at who held the iqra' mashyakha; d. about 923 1.

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Roles
quran-reciter · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: 'Abd al-Haqq al-Sunbati · Al-Tattai, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim · Ali ibn Muhammad al-Ashmuni · Ibn al-Himsi, Ahmad ibn Muhammad · Ibn Iyas, Muhammad ibn Ahmad

Education

Summary

Shihab al-Din Ahmad Ibn al-Mallah, of Ramla then Damascus, the Shafi'i; born 859, he was of great learning, piety and purity of heart — an imam of the readings who held the shaykhdom of iqra' at the madrasa; he died about 923. 1

People and things also explored

al-Attarine Madrasa, Fez· Experience versus service, and self-development· Scientific matn (condensed school text)· Reading and culture (al-qira'a wa-l-thaqafa)· Motivation· The youth cultural crisis· Life management and choosing one's field· Madrasa

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 522
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