At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · Poet
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Summary
Majd al-Din Ibn Jama'a al-Kinani al-Maqdisi the Shafi'i, muezzin and khatib of the Tamaj madrasa; adib, teacher and distinguished poet, born in Jerusalem 779; he memorised the Qur'an, the Minhaj and the Alfiyya, read fiqh under his son Shaykh Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad al-Maqdisi, grammar under his son Shaykh Yahya, took the madhhab from his son Shaykh Yahya and tafsir from Shaykh al-'Afif Sulayman ibn Rumaytha, taught alongside them and deputised in the khitaba — gaining thereby a good standing. 2
His fatwas
Shaykh al-Islam Zakariyya read on him; he worked and spent the rest of his life in ifta' and teaching, and was moved from the judgeship of Jerusalem to teaching. 2
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
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 305-306
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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islam.museum contributors. “Majd al-Din ibn Jama'a”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-jamaa-abdullah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.