أبو منصور بن الرزاز

أبو منصور بن الرزاز

c. 1069 CE · 462 AH – c. June 1145 CE · Dhu al-Hijja 539 AH

Abu Mansur Ibn al-Razzaz Sa'id ibn Muhammad, shaykh of the Shafi'is and mudarris of the Nizamiyya; he read fiqh under al-Ghazali, As'ad al-Mayhani, al-Kiya al-Harasi, Abu Bakr al-Shashi and Abu Sa'd al-Mutawalli, excelled and led till the madhhab's headship fell to him — a man of bearing, gravity and majesty; b. 462, d. Dhu al-Hijja 539, buried in Shaykh Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi's turbah 1.

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

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: al-Azjani, Nasih al-Din · Ibn al-Manda'i al-Wasiti · ابن الشجري · سبط الخياط · Abu al-Barakat al-Anmati

Overview

Abu Mansur Ibn al-Razzaz, Sa'id b. Muhammad of Baghdad — shaykh of the Shafi'is and teacher at the Nizamiyya; he read fiqh under al-Ghazali, As'ad al-Mayhani, al-Kiya al-Harasi, Abu Bakr al-Shashi and Abu Sa'd al-Mutawalli, transmitted from Rizq Allah al-Tamimi, excelled and led until the headship of the madhhab came to him — a man of bearing, gravity and majesty. 1

His death

Born 462, he died in Dhu'l-Hijja 539 and was buried at Shaykh Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi's mausoleum. 1

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Studied under
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali· مجد الدين أسعد الميهني

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· Abu al-Muzaffar al-Sam'ani Mansur ibn Muhammad al-Tamimi· Muhyi al-Din Abu Sa'd al-Nisaburi· Abu al-Hasan al-Balansi· جمال الإسلام السلمي

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 601-602
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al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488

In 488 Imam al-Ghazali came to Damascus in zuhd, composed the Ihya' and had it read back to him there, stayed two years, then made hajj and returned home.