At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · Jurist
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
sunni-hanbali (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Ibrahim b. Muflih, shaykh of the Hanbalis, their head and chief qadi at Damascus; among his works Kitab fadl al-salat 'ala'l-nabi, Kitab al-mala'ika, a commentary on al-Muqni', and Tabaqat ashab al-imam Ahmad — most of them lost in Timur's fitna. 1
Timur's fitna
When the Tatar fitna struck he was the last to leave Damascus, then went out to Timur with a company; debates and refutations ran between him and 'Abd al-Jabbar the Mu'tazili, Timur's imam, in Tamerlane's presence — Timur admired him and inclined to him, so he spoke to him of peace and Timur assented, then went back on it; the man of this entry grieved until he died. 1
Connections
- Died in
- Damascus
- Participated in
- Timur's Event at Damascus in 803 AH
- Sibling of
- Shihab al-Din Ahmad Ibn Muflih
People and things also explored
Ahmad ibn Aqbaras, the Khwarazmian· 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
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 30-31
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ibrahim ibn Muflih, shaykh of the Hanbalis”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibrahim-ibn-muflih/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.