Jamal al-Din al-Ghaznawi

Jamal al-Din al-Ghaznawi
جمال الدين الغَزْنَوي
Jamal al-Din al-Ghaznawi; جمال الدين الغَزْنَوي
Title	Al-Taj al-Hanafi
Personal
Died	593 A.H. = 1196-7 A.D.; Aleppo
Religion	Islam
Era	Islamic Golden Age
Region	Ghazna (Ghaznin, Ghazni) is an important historical town of Afghanistan
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Creed	Maturidi
Main interest(s)	Aqidah, Kalam (Islamic theology), Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), Usul al-Fiqh (principles of jurisprudence)
Notable work(s)	Kitab Usul al-Din, Al-Hawi al-Qudsi fi Furu' al-Fiqh al-Hanafi
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Abu Hanifa; Abu Mansur al-Maturidi; 'Ala' al-Din al-Kasani;

Jamal al-Din al-Ghaznawi (Arabic: جمال الدين الغَزْنَوي), was a Sunni Hanafi jurist, theologian, and Kalam scholar of the Maturidi school.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Name

Jamal al-Din Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Mahmud b. Sa'id b. Nuh al-Qabisi, widely known as al-Taj al-Hanafi.

Birth

The date of his birth is unknown, nor are there many authentic circumstances related of his life.

Life

Not much of his early academic life is known nor documented except that many have mentioned his knowledge and his written works.

He lived in Aleppo for a period of time, and worked as a lecturer at al-Madrasa al-Nuriyya.^[4]

Teachers

Amongst his teachers was 'Ala' al-Din al-Kasani, author of Bada'i al-Sana'i (d. 587/1191), who died about a hundred years after Sarakhsi.

Books

Among his printed works are:^[5]

Kitab Usul al-Din, The Book of the Principles of Religion (Islamic Theology).
Al-Hawi al-Qudsi fi Furu' al-Fiqh al-Hanafi, called so because written in Jerusalem (al-Quds).

and many more other works.^[6]

Death

He died in 593 A.H. = 1196/7 A.D. in Aleppo, Syria^[7] and he was buried near the supposed tomb of the Islamic prophet Ibrahim, according to Ibn al-'Adim, in his book Bughyat al-Talab fi Tarikh Halab.^[8]^[9]

References

^ "Al-Hawi al-Qudsi fi Furu' al-Fiqh al-Hanafi by Jamal al-Din al-Ghaznawi". Looh Press. Archived from the original on 2018-12-22. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
^ "Kitab Usul al-Din by Jamal al-Din al-Ghaznawi". Islam786books.
^ "80 Books on Sunni Creed according to the Hanafi Madhhab". Darul Tahqiq.
^ "Bughyat al-Talab fi Tarikh Halab: The History of Aleppo by Kamal al-Din Ibn al-'Adim". islamport.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
^ "Kitab Usul al-Din by Jamal al-Din al-Ghaznawi". Islam786books.
^ "Al-Hawi al-Qudsi fi Furu' al-Fiqh al-Hanafi by Jamal al-Din al-Ghaznawi". Looh Press. Archived from the original on 2018-12-22. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
^ "Al-'Alam by al-Zirikli". shamela.ws.
^ "Bughyat al-Talab fi Tarikh Halab: The History of Aleppo by Kamal al-Din Ibn al-'Adim". islamport.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
^ "Kitab Usul al-Din by Jamal al-Din al-Ghaznawi". Islam786books.com.

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