Ibn Qudama
Ibn Qudama ٱبْن قُدَامَة | |
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A 2010 photograph of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, where Ibn Qudama frequently taught and prayed | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | January–February 1147 541 AH |
| Died | July 7, 1223 Shawwal 1, 620 AH (aged 79) |
| Resting place | Tomb of Imam Ibn Qudama, Damascus, Syria |
| Region | Damascus, Syria |
| Main interest(s) | Jurisprudence, creed |
| Notable work(s) | Lumat al-Itiqad, Al-Umdah, al-Muqni', al-Kafi, al-Mughni, al-Wasiyyah |
| Occupation | Scholar, jurist, theologian, traditionist, ascetic |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanbali |
| Creed | Athari |
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Muwaffaq al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (Arabic: ابن قدامة المقدسي; January–February 1147 – 7 July 1223), commonly known as Ibn Qudāmah, was a Sunni Islamic scholar, jurist, theologian, and ascetic of the Hanbali school of Islamic jurisprudence. He is regarded as one of the most authoritative classical figures of the Hanbali tradition and played a significant role in its development and transmission during the medieval period.
Born in the village of Jammāʿīl near Jerusalem, Ibn Qudāmah migrated in his youth to Damascus, which became the main center of his scholarly activity. He later traveled to Baghdad, then a leading center of Hanbali learning, where he studied under prominent scholars before returning to Damascus to teach and write.
Ibn Qudāmah is best known for his major work al-Mughnī, a comprehensive legal encyclopedia that compares juristic opinions across the Sunni schools while presenting the Hanbali position in detail. He also authored influential works such as ʿUmdat al-Fiqh, al-Kāfī, Rawḍat al-Nāẓir, and Lumʿat al-Iʿtiqād. In theology, he adhered to the Atharī tradition and emphasized adherence to the Qurʾān and Sunnah, and his works remain widely studied in Sunni Islamic scholarship.