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Ibn Shu'ayb al-Siqilli

ابن شعيب الصقلي

1194 CE · 590 AH – c. March 1266 CE · Jumada I 664 AH

Damascus

The Sicilian muqri'-adib transplanted to Damascus (b. 590) — al-Sakhawi's companion, master of the readings; d. Jumada I 664 1.

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Roles
muqri · Scholar
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq · al-Andalus & Europe
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Al-Baydawi, Abd Allah ibn Umar · al-Qaysi al-Dimashqi · Ibn al-Barizi, qadi of Hama · Ibn Ni'ma, musnid al-Sham · Majd al-Din ibn Daqiq al-Id

In space

Damascus

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Place in the story

    Sunni (transmitted)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    Overview

    Ibn Shu'ayb al-Siqilli, the muqri'-adib (590–664 AH); the Sicilian transplanted to Damascus, companion of al-Sakhawi for a time, master of the readings; he heard al-Qasim b. 'Asakir and a company, and read much on al-Sakhawi and his tier. He died in Jumada I — so said al-Dhahabi in al-'Ibar 1.

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    Died in
    Damascus

    People and things also explored

    the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488· al-Ashraf takes Damascus

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 548
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    islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Shu'ayb al-Siqilli”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-shuayb-al-siqilli/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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    the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)

    The mosque raised inside the cave of Mount Qasyun by Abu al-Faraj Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'allim beginning in 370, after a dream in which Jibril bade him build a mosque where God's name would be remembered — he called it Jibril's Cave; a broad prayer-hall floored in white marble, its columns all marble, never empty of the pious at remembrance.