At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · teacher
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · 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.
Summary
Muhammad ibn al-Yunini, son of the pious shaykh Asad al-Sham 'Abd Allah al-Yunini, was born in 602, memorized the Qur'an, studied jurisprudence and letters, and surpassed his peers in learning and piety. He settled at Baalbek until his father died, then succeeded him in teaching and preaching. He died in Rajab 651 and was buried at Bab al-Faradis. 1
Connections
- Child of
- Abdallah al-Yunini
- Died in
- Baalbek
- Buried in
- Damascus
People and things also explored
al-Fakhr al-Ba'labakki· Shaykh al-Islam al-Yunini· al-Shaykh Sultan al-Ba'labakki· Abdallah al-Yunini· Baalbek· the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 261
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Muhammad b. Abdallah al-Yunini”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/muhammad-ibn-al-yunini/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.