Abū Abd-Allah Najm al-Dīn Aḥmad bin Ḥamdān bin Shabīb bin Ḥamdān al-Ḥarrānī al-Ḥanbalī (

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

: أبو عبد الله نجم الدِّين أحمد بن حمدان بن شبيب بن حمدان الحراني الحنبلي) commonly known as Ibn Hamdan—was a

Hanbalite The Hanbali school ( ar, ٱلْمَذْهَب ٱلْحَنۢبَلِي, al-maḏhab al-ḥanbalī) is one of the four major traditional Sunni schools (''madhahib'') of Islamic jurisprudence. It is named after the Arab scholar Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d ...

Muslim scholar and judge (1206–1295). Ibn Hamdan was born and raised in

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and later in his life went on trips to Damascus, Aleppo and

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

, later settling in

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. Ibn Hamdan was appointed judge in Cairo and he lived there until his death in 1295. Ibn Hamdan was highly skilled in jurisprudence and is considered one of the Imams of the

school of

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. He was also highly knowledgeable in the fields of the

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, Sunnah,

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and

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. Ibn Hamdan was also a

Mufti A Mufti (; ar, مفتي) is an Islamic jurist qualified to issue a nonbinding opinion (''fatwa'') on a point of Islamic law (''sharia''). The act of issuing fatwas is called ''iftāʾ''. Muftis and their ''fatwas'' played an important role ...

and a teacher.

Teachers

Abd-al-Qadir al-Rahawi, Fakhr al-Din ibn Taymiyah, Yousuf al-Sakakini al-Harrani, Abu-Bakr bin Nasir al-Harrani, Sulama bin Sadaqa, Nasih al-Din bin Jumay', Abu-Ali al-Iwqi, Ibn-Sabbah, Ibn-Ghassa, Ibn-Ruzbah, Ibn-Siddiq al-Harrani, Nasih al-Din bin Abi-al-Fahm, Shams al-Din al-Munja, Ibn-Salama al-Najjar, Ibn Khalil, Majd al-Din ibn Taymiyah.

Students

Ibn Abi-Bakr al-Harbi, Sayf al-Din al-Nablusi, Sharaf al-Din al-Dimyati, Sa'd al-Din al-Harthi, Ibn al-Haddad al-Amidi, Zain al-Din bin Habib, Ibn Jubara al-Maqdisi, Ibn Mas'ud al-Harthi, Fath al-Din bin Sayid al-Nas, Qutb al-Din Abd-al-Karim, 'alam al-Din al-Birzali, Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi, Badr al-Din bin al-Habbal, Sanqar al-Hawashi, Ibn abi-al-Qasim al-Farqi, Ibn abi-al-Haram al-Qalansi.

Publications

* Nihayat al-Mubtadi'in fi Usul al-Deen * Al-Ri'aya al-Kubra * Al-Ri'aya al-Sughra * Sifat al-Mufti wa-al-Mustafti * Muqaddima fi Usul al-Din * Jami' al-Funun wa-Salwat al-Mahzun

Notes

: Uncle of Taqi ad-Din Ibn Taymiyyah (brother of Shihabuddin Ibn Taymiyyah).Arikewuyo, Ahmed Nafiu. "A Comparative Study of al-Ghazali's and Ibn Taymiyyah's Views on Sufism." International Journal of Islamic Thought 17 (2020): 15-24. : Father of Fakr al-din Ibn Taymiyyah, grandfather of Taqi ad-Din.

References

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