At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · Scholar
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
sunni-hanbali (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Ibn Hammawayh, qadi of Syria — a Hanafi jurist who then became a Hanbali and was a mujtahid in the Sunnis' madhhab. Appointed qadi on his madhhab, he was asked: why not go out? When told Ja'far was made shaykh, he said: this is nothing but mockery — so be it, and they bound him to it. He judged for some months, then was dismissed. He related much and was an awe-inspiring, dignified shaykh. He died 28 Rabi' II. 1
Connections
- Died in
- Damascus
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
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 578
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Hammawayh, qadi of Damascus”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-hammawayh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.