Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad al-Dimashqī al-Dumyāṭī, commonly known as Ibn al-Naḥḥās al-Dimashqī al-Dumyāṭī ( ar, ابن النحّاس الدمشقي الدمياطي; died 1411), was an Islamic scholar and a
mujahid
''Mujahideen'', or ''Mujahidin'' ( ar, مُجَاهِدِين, mujāhidīn), is the plural form of ''mujahid'' ( ar, مجاهد, mujāhid, strugglers or strivers or justice, right conduct, Godly rule, etc. doers of jihād), an Arabic term t ...
who was killed fighting the
Byzantine army. His birth was not known. At the time of death he was in Egypt.
The scholar
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, the author of the great commentary on
Bukhari Bukhari or Bokhari () means "from Bukhara (Uzbekistan)" in Persian, Arabic, Urdu and Hebrew, and may refer to:
People
* al-Bukhari (810–870), Islamic hadith scholar and author of the
* Bukhari Daud (1959–2021), Indonesian academician and re ...
, wrote that "He was inseparable from Jihad in the front line of
Dumyat
Dumyat or Dunmyat (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Mhèad) is a hill at the western extremity of the Ochil Hills in central Scotland. The name is thought to originate from ''Dun'' (hill fort) ''of the Maeatae''.
Although relatively small (its height ...
, and this is a perfect and excellent quality".
Al-sakhawi
Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Sakhāwī ( ar, شمس الدين محمد بن عبدالرحمن السخاوي, 1428/831 AH – 1497/902 AH) was a reputable Shafi‘i Muslim hadith scholar and historian who was born in Cair ...
writes, "He strove in doing good, and preferred obscurity, he did not become proud because of his knowledge, on the contrary maybe those who did not know him would think him to be a commoner, with his pleasant appearance, beautiful beard, stocky and even body, he participated much in Ribat and Jihad until he was martyred".
Abu Imaad States: “The sheikh, the Imam, the scholar and the example.”
During the year of 814 hijri, the Roman army attacked the people of At-Teenah, a village in Egypt, and the people of Dumyat marched to their help, the most notable of them being Ibn al-Nahhas. There then flared an immense battle between the two sides and Ibn al-Nahhas was killed whilst attacking the enemy.
Abdullah Yusuf Azzam
Abdullah Yusuf Azzam ( ar, عبد الله يوسف عزام, translit=‘Abdu’llāh Yūsuf ‘Azzām; ) was a Salafi jihadist, a Palestinian scholar, and theologian of Sunni Islam. During the Soviet–Afghan War of the 1980s, he advocated " ...
who is commonly noted as being responsible for the revival of
jihad in the twentieth century, referred to Ibn al-Nahhas' most famous piece of work as the best books he has read.
Pakistani jihadist
Masood Azhar has written a 850-page commentary on his ''Mashāriʻal-Ashwāq ilʹa-Maṣariʻ al-ʻUshshāq''.
[Zahid, Farhan. “Profile of Jaish-e-Muhammad and Leader Masood Azhar.” Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses, vol. 11, no. 4, 2019, p. 2]
Most famous work
# Mashari al-Ashwaq ila Masari al-Ushaaq.
# Kitab ul Jihad.
References
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