Abuz Zubair
14th June 2006, 11:47 AM
<o></o>His full name is: Muhammad b. ‘Abd al-Qawi b. Badran b. Sa’d Allah al-Maqdisi al-Mardadwi, al-Salihi, al-Hanbali, Abu ‘Abd Allah Shams al-Din
He was born in year the 630/1232 at Marda, a city near <st1:city w:st="on">Nablus</st1:city> in <st1><st1:city w:st="on">Palestine</st1:city></st1>.
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He studied Hadeeth under the Hanbali Khateeb of Marda, Ibn Khalil and many others, and studied Fiqh under Shams al-Din al-Maqdisi, the nephew of Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi and the author of ‘The Great Commentary’ (al-Sharh al-Kabir) on al-Muqni’ in Hanbali Fiqh.
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He particularly excelled in Arabic grammar (al-‘arabiyya) and lexicology (al-lugha), and thereafter, took up positions as a teacher, a Mufti and authored a few works.
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Al-Dhahabi described him as having a good sense of religiosity, gentle character, full of benefit, and quite informal.
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He took up the post to teach in the Sahibiyya Madrasa for a while. He would often attend Dar al-Hadeeth and teach therein as well as in <st1>Mount</st1><st1> Qasiyun</st1>, the Hanbali stronghold at that time, located towards the north-west of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1>Damascus</st1></st1:city>. Al-Dhahabi also mentions that he received an Ijaza from him.
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One of the popular students of Ibn ‘Abd al-Qawi was Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya, who learnt from him Arabic grammar.
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He died in year 699/1299 and was buried at the bottom of <st1><st1>Mount </st1><st1>Qasiyun</st1></st1>.
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Mount Qasiyun, North-West of Damascus
He is also the author of a number of works, and from them his ode in Fiqh rhyming with the letter Dal, and its sequel Mandhumat al-Adab, an ode also rhyming in the letter Dal. It is the latter we will be studying InshaAllah.
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To my knowledge there have been four commentaries written on the poem.
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The first commentary was written by al-Qadhi ‘<st1><st1:state w:st="on">Ala</st1:state></st1> al-Din al-Mardawi (d. 885), who is also famous for his work al-Insaf in Hanbali Fiqh.
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The second commentary was by Musa al-Hajjawi (d. 968), who is also famous for his summarisation of Muqni’ in Fiqh called: Zad al-Mustaqni’, widely read and taught in the <st1>Arabian Peninsula</st1>.
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The third commentary was by al-Saffarini (d. 1189), also famous for his numerous works, from them his poem in ‘Aqida which we will be studying.
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The fourth commentary was recently compiled from a series of lectures delivered by Salih al-Fawzan, one of the prominent Hanbali scholars of our time and the author of various beneficial works.
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We will be drawing benefits from the aforementioned commentaries during our study, InshaaAllah.
He was born in year the 630/1232 at Marda, a city near <st1:city w:st="on">Nablus</st1:city> in <st1><st1:city w:st="on">Palestine</st1:city></st1>.
<o></o>
He studied Hadeeth under the Hanbali Khateeb of Marda, Ibn Khalil and many others, and studied Fiqh under Shams al-Din al-Maqdisi, the nephew of Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi and the author of ‘The Great Commentary’ (al-Sharh al-Kabir) on al-Muqni’ in Hanbali Fiqh.
<o></o>
He particularly excelled in Arabic grammar (al-‘arabiyya) and lexicology (al-lugha), and thereafter, took up positions as a teacher, a Mufti and authored a few works.
<o></o>
Al-Dhahabi described him as having a good sense of religiosity, gentle character, full of benefit, and quite informal.
<o></o>
He took up the post to teach in the Sahibiyya Madrasa for a while. He would often attend Dar al-Hadeeth and teach therein as well as in <st1>Mount</st1><st1> Qasiyun</st1>, the Hanbali stronghold at that time, located towards the north-west of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1>Damascus</st1></st1:city>. Al-Dhahabi also mentions that he received an Ijaza from him.
<o></o>
One of the popular students of Ibn ‘Abd al-Qawi was Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya, who learnt from him Arabic grammar.
<o></o>
He died in year 699/1299 and was buried at the bottom of <st1><st1>Mount </st1><st1>Qasiyun</st1></st1>.
http://www.naqshbandi.org/events/hajj/15.gif
Mount Qasiyun, North-West of Damascus
He is also the author of a number of works, and from them his ode in Fiqh rhyming with the letter Dal, and its sequel Mandhumat al-Adab, an ode also rhyming in the letter Dal. It is the latter we will be studying InshaAllah.
<o></o>
To my knowledge there have been four commentaries written on the poem.
<o></o>
The first commentary was written by al-Qadhi ‘<st1><st1:state w:st="on">Ala</st1:state></st1> al-Din al-Mardawi (d. 885), who is also famous for his work al-Insaf in Hanbali Fiqh.
<o></o>
The second commentary was by Musa al-Hajjawi (d. 968), who is also famous for his summarisation of Muqni’ in Fiqh called: Zad al-Mustaqni’, widely read and taught in the <st1>Arabian Peninsula</st1>.
<o></o>
The third commentary was by al-Saffarini (d. 1189), also famous for his numerous works, from them his poem in ‘Aqida which we will be studying.
<o></o>
The fourth commentary was recently compiled from a series of lectures delivered by Salih al-Fawzan, one of the prominent Hanbali scholars of our time and the author of various beneficial works.
<o></o>
We will be drawing benefits from the aforementioned commentaries during our study, InshaaAllah.