Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi


Abd al-Ghani ibn Abd al-Wahid al-Maqdisi was a classical Sunni Islamic scholar and a prominent hadith master. He was born in 1146 CE 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.
He was a relative of Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi, as his mother and Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi's grandmother were sisters. 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 small "
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-TawḥīdAkhbār Ad-DajjālAl-`Itiqād - A short text that outlines the foundational creed.Al-Jāmi' as-Saghīr Li Ahkām al-Bashīr an-NadhīrI`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.Al-AhkāmAl-Arba'īn Min Kalām Rabbil-AalamīnAmr bi-l-Maʿrūf wa-n-Nahy ʿani-l-MunkarAt-Targhīb fid-Du'ā al-Hathth AlayhiAt-Tawakkul was Su'āl Allāh Azza wa JallAl-Aathār al-Mardiyyah Fī Fadā'il Khayr il-BariyyahAl-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-ṢiḥaḥMukhtaṣar Sīrah an-Nabī wa Sīrah Aṣḥabihi al-‘Asharah Ṭuḥfat ut-Ṭālibīn fīl Jīhad wal-MujāhidīnUmdat 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-HajjFaḍā'il us-ṢadaqahFaḍā'il Ashar Dhil-HijjahFaḍā'il Umar bin al-KhattābFaḍā'il MakkahAl-Kamāl Fī Ma'rifat ir-Rijāl
  • ''Miḥnah Imām Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal''