Ibn al-Jawzi

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Ibn al-Jawzi was a prominent 12th-century Hanbali scholar, preacher, and prolific author from Baghdad, renowned for his works on theology, history, and spiritual exhortation in the Islamic world.

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instanceOf Hanbali scholar
Muslim scholar
author
hadith scholar
historian
preacher
theologian
approximateBirthYear c. 1116
approximateDeathYear 1200
birthPlace Baghdad
century 12th century
deathPlace Baghdad
denomination Sunni
linked to: Sunni Islam
era Abbasid era
linked to: Abbasid Caliphate
fieldOfWork Islamic history
Islamic theology
Quranic exegesis
asceticism
hadith studies
spiritual exhortation
fullName Abu’l-Faraj Abd al-Rahman ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Jawzi
linked to: Ibn al-Jawzi
genre Quranic commentary
biographical dictionary
historical chronicle
polemical theology
zuhd and waʿz literature
givenName Abd al-Rahman
influenced Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
later Hanbali scholars
knownFor critique of theological and mystical excesses
prolific authorship
public preaching in Baghdad
kunya Abu’l-Faraj
language Arabic
madhhab Hanbali
linked to: Hanbali school
movement Hanbali traditionalism
linked to: Hanbali school
notableWork Al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa’l-Umam
Sayd al-Khatir
Sifat al-Safwa
Talbis Iblis
Zad al-Masir fi Ilm al-Tafsir
occupation khateeb
teacher
region Abbasid Caliphate
Iraq
religion Islam
schoolTradition Athari creed
Sunni Islam

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Islamic Golden Age notableScholar Ibn al-Jawzi
Ibn al-Jawzi fullName Abu’l-Faraj Abd al-Rahman ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Jawzi
linked to: Ibn al-Jawzi
Shaykh al-Islam hasNotableBearer Ibn al-Jawzi
Ahmad ibn Hanbal influenced Ibn al-Jawzi
Ibn Qudamah influenced Ibn Muflih
linked to: Ibn al-Jawzi