Abd al-Ghani ibn Abd al-Wahid al-Maqdisi (; 11461203) was a classical Sunni Islamic scholar and a prominent hadith master. He was born in 1146 CE (541 AH) in the village of Jummail in Palestine. He studied with scholars in Damascus; many of whom were from his own extended family. He studied with the Imam of Tasawwuf, Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani. He was the first person to establish a school on Mount Qasioun near Damascus. He died in 1203 CE (600 AH).
He was a relative of Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi, as his mother and Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi's grandmother were sisters.Drory, 1988, p. 107 He had three sons named Muhammad, Abdullah and Abdur-Rahman, all of whom became prominent scholars. The scholar, Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi was the maternal cousin of Abdul-Ghani, and Ibn Qudāmah described his association with Abdul-Ghani as:
"My friend in childhood and in seeking knowledge, and never did we race to goodness except that he would precede me to it, with the exception of [a] small [number of occasions]"
He was the author of Al-Kamal fi Asma' al-Rijal, a collection of biographies of hadith narrators within the Islamic discipline of biographical evaluation.
Works His works include: Kitāb ut-Tawḥīd Akhbār Ad-Dajjāl Al-`Itiqād - A short text that outlines the foundational creed. Al-Jāmi' as-Saghīr Li Ahkām al-Bashīr an-Nadhīr I`tiqād ul-Imām Ash-Shafi`ī -The author shows the complete agreement between all the Imams on foundational theology and particularly the Imam’s dislike for speculative theology (Kalam). Al-Ahkām Al-Arba'īn Min Kalām Rabbil-Aalamīn Amr bi-l-Maʿrūf wa-n-Nahy ʿani-l-Munkar At-Targhīb fid-Du'ā al-Hathth Alayhi At-Tawakkul was Su'āl Allāh Azza wa Jall Al-Aathār al-Mardiyyah Fī Fadā'il Khayr il-Bariyyah Al-Iqtiṣād fil-I'tiqād-This is a book on advanced theology that itemises creed into a series of themes. Al-Miṣbaḥ fī `Uyun il-Aḥādith aṣ-Ṣiḥaḥ Mukhtaṣar Sīrah an-Nabī wa Sīrah Aṣḥabihi al-‘Asharah (Short Biographies of the Prophet and His Ten Companions who were given the Tidings of Paradise) Ṭuḥfat ut-Ṭālibīn fīl Jīhad wal-Mujāhidīn Umdat ul-Aḥkām min Kalām Khayr il-Kalām Umdat ul-Aḥkām al-kubrā - Extended version of Umdat ul-Aḥkām min Kalām Khayr il-Kalām. Faḍā'il ul-Hajj Faḍā'il us-Ṣadaqah Faḍā'il Ashar Dhil-Hijjah Faḍā'il Umar bin al-Khattāb Faḍā'il Makkah Al-Kamāl Fī Ma'rifat ir-Rijāl Miḥnah Imām Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal
See also Maqdisi (nesbat) History of Hadith
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External links Biodata at MuslimScholars.info