At a glance
- Roles
- qadi · Scholar · writer
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
Baha' al-Din Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf ibn Rafi' ibn Tamim al-Asadi, judge of Aleppo and a Shafi'i jurist, known as Ibn Shaddad. 2
Upbringing
Ibn Khallikan relates that he was born in Mosul on the night of 10 Ramadan 539 AH. He was raised by his maternal uncles, the Banu Shaddad, and was attributed to them. 3
Study
He attended Abu Bakr Yahya ibn Sa'dun al-Qurtubi for eleven years, reading with him the seven readings, hadith and its commentaries, and exegesis. Ibn Khallikan reports that he testified that no one had read with him more than Ibn Shaddad had. 2
His work
Haji Khalifa attributes to him al-A'laq al-Khatira (The Precious Possessions). 4
Connections
People and things also explored
Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan , p. 77-78
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan , p.77-78
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan , p.77
- Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.)
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “بهاء الدين ابن شداد”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-shaddad-baha-al-din/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.