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- Scholar · Jurist · theologian
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- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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- Levant & Iraq
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sunni-hanbali (documented)
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Muwaffaq al-Din Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi the Hanbali, a jurist of the Jerusalem house, author of 'Lum'at al-I'tiqad' on the creed of the Sunna folk in the salaf manner and the book 'al-Mughni'.
Muwaffaq al-Din Abu Muhammad Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi the Hanbali, a jurist of the Jerusalem house. He wrote 'Lum'at al-I'tiqad' on the creed of the Sunna folk in the salaf manner — titled Hanbali on the edition's title page — and the book 'al-Mughni'. Born at Jamma'il in 541 AH, he died at Damascus in 620 AH by the Lum'a editor's introduction, and it is said he died on the day of the Fitr feast and was buried at the foot of Qasyun.
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Muwaffaq al-Din Abu Muhammad Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi the Hanbali, a jurist of the Jerusalem house. He wrote 'Lum'at al-I'tiqad' on the creed of the Sunna folk in the salaf manner, titled Hanbali on the edition's title page. And he wrote the book 'al-Mughni'. Born at Jamma'il in 541 AH, he died at Damascus in 620 AH by the Lum'a editor's introduction (2nd ed.); it is said he died on the day of the Fitr feast and was buried at the foot of Qasyun. Both dates rest on one source and need a further source.
Overview
Muwaffaq al-Din Abu Muhammad Abdallah ibn Ahmad ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi al-Hanbali, a jurist from Jerusalem. 1
Works
He wrote Lum'at al-I'tiqad (The Gleam of Belief), on the creed of the people of the Sunna in the manner of the early generations. The title page of the edition calls him a Hanbali. 1
Birth and death
He was born in Jammaʿil in 541 AH, and died in Damascus in 620 AH, according to the editor's introduction to the second edition of the Lum'a. It is also said that he died on the day of Eid al-Fitr and was buried on the slope of Qasiyun. These two dates come from one source and need an additional source. 3
Ibn Taymiyya's praise
The editor relays from Ibn Taymiyya that after al-Awza'i no jurist more learned than al-Muwaffaq had entered Syria. 2
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Connections
- Sibling of
- Abu Umar al-Maqdisi
- Taught
- al-Fakhr ibn al-Bukhari, musnid of the age· al-Muhibb Abdallah, Mufid al-Jabal· al-Ras'ani· Ibrahim, khatib of the Mountain· Izz al-Din al-Maqdisi· Shaykh al-Islam al-Yunini· Sayf al-Din Ibn Qudama· Sharaf al-Din al-Maqdisi al-Salihi
- Authored
- Lum'at al-I'tiqad· al-Mughni
- Died in
- Damascus
- Related to
- Ibn Taymiyya
People and things also explored
Damascus· al-Fakhr al-Ba'labakki· al-Fakhr ibn al-Bukhari, musnid of the age· al-Muhibb Abdallah, Mufid al-Jabal· Ibrahim, khatib of the Mountain· Izz al-Din al-Maqdisi· Sayf al-Din Ibn Qudama· Sharaf al-Din al-Maqdisi al-Salihi
Sources
- Lum'at al-I'tiqad, Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi (al-Maktab al-Islami)
- Lum'at al-I'tiqad, Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi (ed. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Furayhan ibn Uraye'ir, Dar Rakaez, 1443 AH)
- Lum'at al-I'tiqad, Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi (ed. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Furayhan ibn Uraye'ir, Dar Rakaez, 1443 AH) , p.40
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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-qudama-al-maqdisi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-26.