Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali

Zayn al-Din Abu al-Faraj Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad, the Hanbali hafiz known as Ibn Rajab after the title of his grandfather Rajab. ¹

He was born in Baghdad in Rabi' al-Awwal 736 AH, according to the sources the editor consulted. Ibn Hajar dated his birth to 706 AH, and the editor considers that a slip of the pen. ¹ He came to Damascus with his father in 744 AH. ²

He travelled in search of knowledge to Egypt, Nablus, the Hijaz, Jerusalem, Mecca and Medina. ³ The editor counts Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya among his most prominent teachers. ⁴

He died in Damascus in 795 AH, with no disagreement about the year. The sources differ on the month: Ramadan according to al-Sakhawi and Ibn al-Imad, and Rajab according to Ibn Hajar and al-Suyuti. He was buried in the cemetery of Bab al-Saghir. ³ These dates come from one source and need an additional source.

One of his books is Jami' al-Ulum wa al-Hikam (The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom). ⁵