| Shams al-Din b. 'Abd
ar-Rahman ibn 'Umar al-Maqdisi (d. 682), nephew of Muwaffaq
al-Din "Ibn Quddama" |
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| Nephew
of Muwaffaq al-Din, teacher
of al-Nawawi and Ibn Taymiyya. One of hte great commentators of
al-Mughni, as well as the text al-Muqni`a and the Mukhtasir
of Imaam
al-Khiraqi RH. A very shy and humble man, he had to be forced to
assume the position of grand Qaadi of Syria when it was
clear that
his knowledge warranted such a promotion. [hts] |
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| First Hanbali Chief Justice of
Syria following the reform of the judiciary by Baibars Ibn Taimiyah was barely seventeen, when Qadi Al-Maqdisi authorized him to issue Fatwa [kitaabun: Ibn Taymiyyah bio] |
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| Mentioned in
[Necklaces] witnessing about his uncles taking Abdul Qadir’s khirqa |
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| More: The Quddama family |
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