Ibn al-Jawzi, Preacher of Baghdad

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ScholarPreacher of Baghdad

Ibn al-Jawziابن الجوزي

Approximate dateBaghdad

A Hanbali preacher whose sermons in Baghdad drew vast crowds.

He wrote hundreds of books on history, hadith, tafsir and the soul, and exposed fabricated hadith in al-Mawdu'at. Exiled to Wasit for five years late in life, he returned to preach again. He is said to have saved the shavings of his reed pens to heat the water for his funeral washing.

What grew out of it?

His Sayd al-Khatir and books on fabricated hadith are still widely read.

Who else is linked?

BaghdadAbbasid Caliphate

Source: history · Wikipedia

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