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1058 CE · 450 AH† approximate debated before the Hijra
Hujjat al-Islam al-Ghazali the Shafi'i, author of the Ihya' — of which al-Nawawi said that were all Islam's books lost and the Ihya' alone remained it would suffice; he died at Tus in 505 .
Birth: Abu Hamid al-Ghazali — 1058 CE · 450 AH†
Hujjat al-Islam al-Ghazali the Shafi'i, author of the Ihya' — of which al-Nawawi said that were all Islam's books lost and the Ihya' alone remained it would suffice; he died at Tus in 505 .
al-Ghazali becomes chief professor at the Nizamiyya in Baghdad — 1091 CE · 484 AH
In 1091 the vizier Nizam al-Mulk appointed al-Ghazali chief professor of the Nizamiyya college in Baghdad, where he lectured to more than 300 students and examined the philosophy of al-Farabi and Avicenna (Britannica).
al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488 — c. 1095 CE · 488 AH
In 488 Imam al-Ghazali came to Damascus in zuhd, composed the Ihya' and had it read back to him there, stayed two years, then made hajj and returned home .
al-Ghazali leaves Baghdad — November 1095 CE · Dhu al-Qa'da 488 AH†
In November 1095 al-Ghazali abandoned his post and left Baghdad, on the pretext of a pilgrimage to Mecca (Britannica).
Death of al-Ghazali at Tus — 18 December 1111 CE · 14 Jumada II 505 AH†
al-Ghazali died at Tus, where he was born, on 18 December 1111 (Britannica).
Death: Abu Hamid al-Ghazali — c. 1111 CE · c. 505 AH
Hujjat al-Islam al-Ghazali the Shafi'i, author of the Ihya' — of which al-Nawawi said that were all Islam's books lost and the Ihya' alone remained it would suffice; he died at Tus in 505 .
