At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · Scholar · Poet
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- 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-shafii (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Sharaf ibn Ni'ma, khatib and mufti of Damascus and shaykh of its Shafi'is, heard from al-Sakhawi and Ibn al-Salah and studied fiqh under Ibn 'Abd al-Salam, excelling in fiqh, usul and Arabic. He deputized in the judgeship for a time, taught at the Shamiyya and Ghazaliyya, wrote an unmatched proportioned script and authored a book on usul. He was among the ornaments of the age, with famous riddles — among them his riddle on the noria. 1
Connections
- Studied under
- الشيخ عز الدين بن عبد السلام
- Died in
- Damascus
People and things also explored
Taj al-Din al-Firkah, jurist of Syria· 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. 742
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Sharaf al-Din ibn Ni'ma, khatib of khatibs”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sharaf-ibn-nima-khatib/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.