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Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

1292 - 1350

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Shams ad-Dīn ʾabū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʾAbī Bakr ibn ʾAyyūb az-Zurʿī ad-Dimashqī al-Ḥanbalī (29 Jan. 1292–15 Sep. 1350 CE / 691–751 AH), commonly known as Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah ("The son of the principal of [the school of] Jawziyyah") or Ibn al-Qayyim ("Son of the principal"; ابن القيّم) for short, or reverentially as al-Imam Ibn al-Qayyim in Sunni tradition, was an important medieval Islamic jurisconsult, theologian, and spiritual writer. Belonging to the Hanbali school of Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence), of which he is regarded as "one of the most important thinkers," Ibn al-Qayyim was also the foremost disciple and student of Ibn Taymiyyah, with whom he was imprisoned in 1326 for dissenting against established tradition during Ibn Taymiyyah's famous incarceration in the Citadel of Damascus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya is the 711th most popular religious figure (down from 491st in 2024), the 34th most popular biography from Syria (down from 19th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Syrian Religious Figure.

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya is most famous for his book al-Wabil al-Sayyib min al-Kalim al-Tayyib. The book is a commentary on the famous work by the scholar Imam Al-Ghazali, Ihya Ulum al-Din.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya ranks 711 out of 3,187. Before him are Menno Simons, Louis Raphaël I Sako, Giulia Farnese, Pope Peter I of Alexandria, Ibn Hisham, and Je Tsongkhapa. After him are Evagrius Ponticus, Joseph of Cupertino, Aloysius Stepinac, Ignatios of Constantinople, Tarasios of Constantinople, and Alessandro Farnese.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1292, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya ranks 2. Before him is John VI Kantakouzenos. After him are Joan II, Countess of Burgundy, Elizabeth of Bohemia, Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia, and Elisenda of Montcada. Among people deceased in 1350, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya ranks 3. Before him are Philip VI of France, and Alfonso XI of Castile. After him are Namdev, Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy, Cápac Yupanqui, Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi, Yoshida Kenkō, Juan Ruiz, Johannes de Muris, and Dafydd ap Gwilym.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya ranks 34 out of 210. Before him are Michel Aflaq (1910), Ibn al-Nafis (1212), Abdul Halim Khaddam (1932), Al-Maʿarri (973), Bassel al-Assad (1962), and Amin al-Hafiz (1921). After him are Yazid II (687), Al-Walid II (706), Odaenathus (220), Nureddin al-Atassi (1929), Yazid III (701), and Romanos the Melodist (490).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Syria

Among religious figures born in Syria, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya ranks 4. Before him are Pope Gregory III (700), Pope Anicetus (70), and John Climacus (579). After him are Romanos the Melodist (490), Émile Benveniste (1902), Ananias of Damascus (100), Maron (301), Apollinaris of Laodicea (310), Sophronius of Jerusalem (560), Youssef Absi (1946), and Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan (1934).

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