Biography of Ibn Qudaamah – rahimahullah –

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Biography of Ibn Qudaamah – rahimahullah –

Postby Shehzad Sattar » Tue Jul 11, 2017 10:24 am

Biography of Ibn Qudaamah – rahimahullah –

۩ His name and his lineage:
He is Muwaffaq ad-Deen Aboo Muhammad, ‘Abd-Allah bin Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Qudaamah bin Miqdaam bin Nasir bin ‘Abd-Allah al-Maqdisee, then later became ad-Dimashqee, as-Saalihee.

۩ His birth:
He was born in Sha’baan in the year 541 H., in the village of Jammaa’eel, Jabal Naablus.

۩ His early life (youth) and his travels:
- He went to Damascus with his family when he was ten years old, he read the Qur’an, and he memorized the Mukhtasar (Summary / Compendium) (of) al-Khiraqee.

- He travelled to Baghdaad with the son of his aunt (maternal cousin) al-Haafidh ‘Abd al-Ghanee in the year 561 H. and they heard a lot from the many mashaayeekh (scholars) there.

- He studied (Islamic) jurisprudence (fiqh) until he surpassed his peers/equals and he was very successful, thus he mastered the knowledge of the madhhab (school of law) and its principles.

۩ His piety and his asceticism (zuhd):
He was pious, ascetic, God-fearing, consequently he had dignity, and he possessed tolerance and leniency, and all of his time he was preoccupied with knowledge and action, he would counter disputes with arguments and proofs/evidences, he would not become enraged or aroused, while his opponents would scream and become angry.

۩ His shuyukh:
The shaykh ibn Qudaamah rahimahullah obtained knowledge from a big amount of scholars and from the more famous of them were Taqee ad-Deen Aboo Muhammad ‘Abd al-Ghanee al-Maqdisee – d. in 612 H. – and the Faqeeh of al-‘Iraaq the Advisor of Islaam Abaa al-Fath Nasir bin Fityaan better known by the name Bin al-Mannaa.

۩ His students:
He had a lot of students and from the more famous of them were Shihaab ad-Deen Aboo Shaamah al-Maqdisee – d. 665 H. – and al-Haafidh Zakee ad-Deen Aboo Muhammad al-Mundhiree – d. 656 H. – and others (of them).


۩ Statements from the learned about him:
Aboo ‘Amr bin as-Salaah said: «I didn’t see anyone like ash-shaykh Muwaffaq».

Ibn Taymiyyah said: «No one possessing more understanding of the religion – fiqh – entered ash-Shaam - after al-Awzaa'ee - other than ash-shaykh al-Muwaffaq».
Al-Mundhiree said: «He was al-Faqeeh al-Imaam, he narrated (ahaadeeth) in Damascus, he issued fatawaa and taught/gave lessons, he wrote books in fiqh and other subjects, summarized and long».

Adh-Dhahabee said: «He was one of the eminent imaams and an author of many books».

Ibn Kathir said: «Shaykh al-Islam, an imaam an ‘aalim, proficient, there was not found in his era nor before it by a long span of time, anyone possessing more fiqh – understanding of the religion – than him.»

۩ His writings
And the writings of the imaam al-Muwaffaq are already plenty and they reach the level of excellence of the learned: Ibn Rajab said: «ash-shaykh al-Muwaffaq – rahimahullah – wrote a lot of good works on the madhhab, on the branches and on principles, in the (science) of al-hadeeth and the language and asceticism and the heart softeners, and his writings in usool ad-deen reach a level of high quality, a lot of them were on the path of the muhadditheen (the hadith – scholars), full of al-ahadeeth and al-aathaar and al-asaaneed (chains of narration), like the path/way of imaam Ahmad and the scholars of al-hadeeth.»


And from these writings are:

    In the (Islamic) jurisprudence / fiqh: al-Mughnee, al-Kaafee, al-‘Uddah, al-‘Umdah (al-Fiqh), and al-Muqna’….

    In al-‘aqeedah : Luma’at al-‘Itiqaad, al-Qad(a)r, Dhamm al-Taa-weel….

    In usool al-fiqh : Rawdat an-Naazhir…

    In raqaa’iq and ascetism: ar-Riqqah wa’l-Bukaa and at-Tawwaabeen.

    (In al-hadeeth) : Mukhtasar al-‘Ilal al-Hadeeth li’l-Khalaal….

    He has got other writings as well, which are between the stages of print and manuscript, we ask Allah to enable us to see the light (of guidance of these books) at a near time.


For discussion at length of the biography of Ibn Qudaamah turn to:

    1. at-Takmilah fee Wafee-aat an-Naqlah by al-Mundhiree (3/107)
    2. al-‘Ibr fee Khabar min Ghabr by adh-Dhahabee (5/79-80)
    3. Syaar A’alaam an-Nubalaa by adh-Dhahabi (22/160-173)
    4. al-Bidaayah wa’n-Nihaayah by Ibn Kathir (13/99-100)
    5. Dhayl Tabaqaat al-Hanaabilah by Bin Rajab (2/133-149)
    6. Shadhraat adh-Dhahab by Bin al-‘Imaad al-Hanbalee (5/88-92)
    7. Mu’jam al-Baladaan by Yaaqoot al-Hamawee (2/159)
    8. Fawaat al-Wafee-aat by Bin Shaakir al-Kattabee (2/158-159)
    9. Fihris Makhtootaat azh-Zhaahireeyyah (qism al-hadeeth) by ash-shaykh al-Albaanee
    10. Muqaddimah Tahqeeq Kitaab Ithbaat Siffah al’Uluw li bin Qudaamah bi-qalam al-akh al-kareem Badr al-Badr

Source: http://as-salaf.com/article.php?aid=80&lang=en
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