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Badr al-Dīn ibn Jamaʿah

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Badr al-Dīn ibn Jamaʿah
Personal details
Born1241
Cairo, Egypt
Died1333
OccupationJurist
Known forChief Justice of Cairo and Damascus

Badr al-Dīn Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Jamaʿah (1241–1333) was a Shafi'i jurist of Mamluk Sultanate (now Egypt) and a member of the Banu Jumah clan. He served as chief justice under the Mamluks of Cairo and twice in Damascus during a period when Shafi'i jurisprudence was favored by the state.[1]

Badr al-Dīn was one of the teachers of the Damascene-based ḥadīth scholar Al-Dhahabi.[2]

Major works

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Among his many works, some are:

  • 'Idah al-Dalil fi Qat'i Hujaj Ahl al-Ta'til (Explanation of Evidence in Cutting the Argument of the People of the Rejecters/Deniers of Allah's Names and Attributes).
  • Ghurar al-Tibyān fī man lam yusamma fī al-Qurʼān.[3]
  • Etiquette of the Learner: An Abridgement of Tadhkirat al-Sāmiʻ wa-al-Mutakallim fī Adab al-ʻālim wa-al-Mutaʻallim.[4][5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Anjum, Ovamir (October 7, 2014). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref:oiso/9780199739356.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-973935-6 – via www.oxfordreference.com.
  2. ^ Wynter-Stoner, Kyle (2022). "Books, Corruption, and an Emir's Downfall: The Founding of the Maḥmūdīyah Library in Mamluk Cairo". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 81 (2): 335–362. doi:10.1086/721639.
  3. ^ Jamāʻah, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm Ibn (October 7, 1990). "Ghurar al-Tibyān fī man lam yusamma fī al-Qurʼān". Jāmiʻat al-Dirāsāt al-Islāmīyah – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Etiquette of the Learner: An Abridgement of Tadhkirat Al-sāmiʻ Wa-al-mutakallim Fī Adab Al-ʻālim Wa-al-mutaʻallim. Turath. 2015. ISBN 978-1-906949-43-3.
  5. ^ Al-Madhhab al-tarbawī ʻinda Ibn Jamāʻah: Tadhkirat al-sāmiʻ wa-al-mutakallim fī ādāb al-ʻālim wa-al-mutaʻallim. Dār Iqraʼ. 1984.

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