Ibn Balban
Ibn Balbān | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | Muḥammad ibn Badr al-Dīn 1597 |
| Died | 1672 (aged 74–75) Damascus |
| Era | Medieval |
| Region | Levant |
| Main interest | Islamic jurisprudence |
| Notable work | See below |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Ḥanbalī |
| Creed | Athari[1] |
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Ibn Balbān (c. 1597–1672) was a Sunni Muslim scholar and jurist of the Hanbali school.[2] He was the teacher of the Hanbali jurist and historian, Ibn al-Imad, and the Damascene historian, Al-Muhibbi.
Biography
[edit]His real name was Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din. He was born between the years 1597 and 1598 in Damascus to a scholarly family of Lebanese origin.[3][4][5] Ibn Balban studied the science of hadith under two teachers, Shihab al-Ithhawi al-Kabir and Shams al-Maydani, both of which later gave him the ijazah and qualifications for a muhaddith.[3][4][5] Ibn Balban was later appointed as a mufti for the Hanbali school in Damascus and given a high status in the As-Salihiyya neighborhood at the foot of Mount Qasioun.[3][4][5] He had also attained the position of mujtahid and was qualified in studying the other three schools of thought, but chose to stay affiliated with the Hanbali school.[3][4][5] As a muhaddith, students from the Ottoman Empire studied under him and narrated from him, which included the Damascene historian Al-Muhibbi and the Hanbali jurist Ibn al-Imad.[3][4][5] Another student of his was Abu al-Mawahib al-Hanbali, a traditionalist and Sufi ascetic who became the leader of the Hanbali scholars in Damascus in 1661.[6] Ibn Balban died of old age in 1672.[3][4][5]
Works
[edit]- Akhṣar al-Mukhtaṣarāt ("The Supreme Synopsis") is a general guide to Islamic jurisprudence according to the Hanbali school.[7] In 2016, Islamic scholar Musa Furber wrote an abridged and annotated version of it in the English language, which was titled Hanbali Acts of Worship.[8]
- Mukhtaṣar al-'Ifādāt ("The Summary of Benefits") is a foundational text covering the topics of faith, jurisprudence and theology.[9]
- Qalaʾid al-ʿIqyān ("The Golden Pendant") is a treatise on the solidified creed of the Hanbali school, as well as an abridgement of an earlier treatise by Ibn Hamdan.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Melchert, Christopher (2001). "The Ḥanābila and the Early Sufis". Arabica. 48 (3): 352–367. ISSN 0570-5398.
- ↑ Ibn Sina (2011). Asbab Huduth al-Huruf. Dar Al-Kotob Al-Ilmiyah. p. 30. ISBN 9782745168191.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 al-Dimashqī, Muḥammad. Mashyakhat Abī al-Mawāhib al-Ḥanbalī [The Sheikhs of Abī al-Mawāhib al-Ḥanbalī] (in Arabic) (Digitized Manuscript ed.). Egypt: Al-Maktaba Al-Shamela. p. 7.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ibn al-‘Imād, ‘Abdulḥayy (2016). al-Arnā’ūṭ, Maḥmūd (ed.). Shadharāt al-dhahab fī akhbār man dhahab [Scattered Pearls of Gold in the Reports on Those Who Have Passed] (in Arabic). Vol. 1 (3rd ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dār Ibn Kathīr. pp. 87–88. ISBN 9786144151679.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Al-Zirikli (2002). Al-A'lām [Eminent Personalities] (in Arabic). Vol. 4 (15th ed.). Dar al-'Ilm lil-Malayin. p. 314.
- ↑ al-Murādī, Muḥammad (1988). Silk al-Durar fī A‘yān al-Qarn al-Thānī ‘Ashar [The String of Pearls regarding the Notables of the Twelfth Century] (in Arabic). Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Dār al-Bashā’ir al-Islāmiyyah. p. 67.
- ↑ Ibn Balbān (2016). Akhṣar al-mukhtaṣarāt [The Supreme Synopsis] (in Arabic) (1st ed.). Damascus: Dār Ṭaybah al-Dimashqīyah lil-Ṭibā‘ah wa-al-Nashr wa-al-Tawzī‘. ISBN 9789933414849.
- ↑ Furber, Musa (2016). Hanbali Acts of Worship: From Ibn Balban's The Supreme Synopsis. Islamosaic. ISBN 9781944904036.
- ↑ "Mukhtaṣar al-'Ifādāt". Sifatu Satwa. Cork, Ireland. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
- ↑ Ibn Balbān (2020). Qalaʾid al-ʿIqyān: The Golden Pendant. John Newton Starling. ISBN 9798602898552.
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