Ibn Qudama
Ibn Qudama ٱبْن قُدَامَة | |
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A 2010 photograph of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, where Ibn Qudama frequently taught and prayed | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | January–February 1147 541 AH |
| Died | July 7, 1223 Shawwal 1, 620 AH (aged 79) |
| Resting place | Tomb of Imam Ibn Qudama, Damascus, Syria |
| Region | Damascus, Syria |
| Main interest(s) | Jurisprudence, creed |
| Notable work(s) | Al-Umdah, al-Muqni', al-Kafi, al-Mughni, al-Wasiyyah |
| Occupation | Scholar, jurist, theologian, traditionist, ascetic |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanbali |
| Muslim leader | |
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Ibn Qudama (January/February 1147 – 7 July 1223) was an Islamic scholar and theologian of the Hanbali school of Sunni Islam. Born in the Palestine region, Ibn Qudama authored many important treatises on Islamic jurisprudence and religious doctrine, including one of the standard works of Hanbali law, the revered al-Mughni.
Ibn Qudama is highly regarded in Sunni Islam for being one of the most notable and influential thinkers of the Hanbali school of orthodox Sunni jurisprudence. Within that school, he is one of the few thinkers to be given the honorific epithet of Shaykh of Islam, which is a prestigious title bestowed by Sunnis on some of the most important thinkers of their tradition. A proponent of the classical Sunni position of the "differences between the scholars being a mercy," Ibn Qudama is famous for saying, "The consensus of the leaders of jurisprudence is an overwhelming proof, and their disagreement is a vast mercy."