42 results for “baghdad”
Clear filter...tablished the legendary Bayt al-Hikmah (House of Wisdom) in Baghdad, making it the intellectual capital of the world.
Known as the Sayyid of the Sufis and the master of sober Sufism (as-sahw). His emphasis on grounding spiritual experience in the Shari'ah made him a model for o
Author of Tarikh Baghdad and pioneering works on hadith methodology.
Hanbali scholar and preacher of Baghdad whose sermons drew thousands, known for reviving Islamic le...
A prolific Hanbali scholar and preacher of Baghdad, author of over 700 works.
...omprehensive and erudite tafsirs ever written. The Mufti of Baghdad who drew from virtually every major tafsir tradition.
Founder of the Suhrawardiyyah Sufi order and author of 'Awarif al-Ma'arif,' a key text on Sufi practice and ethics.
Early Sufi master and theologian known for his works on self-examination (muhasabah) and inner spiritual discipline.
Classical scholar of aqeedah and ethics, author of 'ash-Shari'ah,' a foundational text on Sunni creed.
Shafi'i scholar and author of 'Sharh Usul I'tiqad Ahl as-Sunnah,' a foundational compilation on Sunni creed.
Prolific Baghdadi scholar who authored hundreds of works on Islamic ethics, ...
...afi'i jurist and first teacher at the Nizamiyyah Madrasa in Baghdad, author of 'al-Muhadhdhab' and 'at-Tanbih' in Shafi'i fiqh.
Hanbali jurist and theologian of Baghdad, author of 'al-Funun,' reportedly the largest book ever wri...
Chief Hanbali judge of Baghdad and systematizer of Hanbali theology, author of 'al-Ahkam a...
One of the founding masters of hadith criticism (al-jarh wa al-ta'dil) alongside Ahmad ibn Hanbal, who was his close companion and fellow student. He devoted hi
A master hadith critic and jurist of Baghdad (306-385 AH) and author of Sunan al-Daraqutni, an indispens...
A Baghdad-based ascetic scholar (d. 227 AH) known as al-Hafi (the bar...
A Baghdad scholar and ascetic (d. 253 AH) who studied under Maruf al-...
The most prominent figure of the sober Baghdad school of Islamic spiritual discipline (d. 297 AH), student...
A 19th-century Iraqi scholar and mufti of Baghdad (1217-1270 AH), author of the encyclopedic tafsir Ruh al-Ma...
Leading Shafi'i jurist of Baghdad and author of al-Muhadhdhab, first head of the Nizamiyya ma...
Leading Hanafi scholar of Baghdad, author of al-Mukhtasar (known as Mukhtasar al-Quduri), the...
First Hanbali scholar to systematically compile the school's positions in written form, his al-Mukhtasar was foundational for the school.
Chief judge and leading Hanbali scholar of 5th-century AH Baghdad, author of al-Mu'tamad fi Usul al-Din and al-Ahkam al-Sulta...
Founder of the Zahiri school of Islamic jurisprudence, which adheres strictly to the apparent (zahir) meaning of texts without qiyas.
...Bukhari of her time.' A celebrated female hadith scholar of Baghdad who taught in the Abbasid capital.
Founder of the Ash'ari school of theology, the most widespread Sunni theological school. He was initially a student of the Mu'tazilite al-Jubbai before returnin
One of the earliest and most important Islamic historians. His Kitab al-Maghazi is the earliest extant comprehensive account of the Prophet's military expeditio
Author of al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, the most comprehensive biographical dictionary of the Prophet's Companions and early Muslim generations.
One of the greatest scholars in Islamic history. His Tafsir al-Tabari and Tarikh al-Tabari are the foundational works of Quranic exegesis and Islamic history re
The most intellectually gifted Hanbali scholar of his era. His al-Funun is said to be the largest book ever written in Islamic civilization — reportedly 800 vol
...master of hadith sciences in the 5th century AH. His Tarikh Baghdad (History of Baghdad) is the most comprehensive biographical...
A Mu'tazili scholar and literary giant of the Abbasid period. Author of the famous Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah, a literary and historical commentary on 'Ali ibn Abi
One of the greatest hadith critics of the classical period, known for his encyclopedic knowledge of narrators.
Major Islamic historian and biographer. His Futuh al-Buldan is the foundational history of the Islamic conquests.
Arab historian and geographer known as the 'Herodotus of the Arabs'. His Muruj al-Dhahab is a universal history.
Leading Hanafi jurist of Baghdad. His Ahkam al-Quran is the primary Hanafi commentary on Qur...
The most famous Abbasid Caliph, during whose reign Baghdad became the most prosperous city in the world.
Founder of Baghdad and second Abbasid Caliph. He commissioned the first major ...
Sabian mathematician and astronomer from Harran who made major contributions to geometry and number theory.
Basran and Wasiti hadith narrator who settled in Baghdad, one of the major transmitters of hadith in the late second...
...le narrators of his era who eventually served as a judge in Baghdad.