At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · Scholar · qadi
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
Abu al-Qasim Yusuf ibn Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn Kajj al-Dinawari, one of the imams of the Shafi'is in Dinawar. He was killed by bandits (al-ayyarun) in Dinawar on the night of the twenty-seventh of Ramadan 405 AH. 2
Learning and leadership
He accompanied Ibn al-Qattan and attended the assembly of al-Daraki. He combined leadership in learning with worldly standing, and people travelled to him from all regions. 2
His reply to Abu Ali al-Sanji
Ibn Khallikan relates that when Abu Ali al-Sanji saw his learning, he said: "The name belongs to Abu Hamid, and the learning to you." Ibn Kajj replied that Baghdad had raised Abu Hamid up and Dinawar had brought him down. 2
Date of death
Al-Shirazi in Tabaqat al-Fuqaha' agrees that he was killed on the night of the twenty-seventh of Ramadan 405 AH. The conversion to 1015 CE is derived. 3
Connections
- Studied under
- Abu al-Husayn Ibn al-Qattan al-Baghdadi
People and things also explored
Abu al-Fadl Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Fasawi· Abu al-Hasan ibn al-Marzuban al-Baghdadi· Ahmad ibn Umar ibn Surayj· Abu al-Husayn Ibn al-Qattan al-Baghdadi
Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan , p. 64-65
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan , p.64-65
- Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi)
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islam.museum contributors. “ابن كج”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-kajj/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.