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Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak, Scholar, merchant and frontier fighter

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ScholarScholar, merchant and frontier fighter

Abdullah ibn al-Mubarakعبد الله بن المبارك

Approximate dateMerv

A merchant of Merv who spent his wealth on scholars and his summers on the frontier.

He travelled to every centre of learning and wrote early books on zuhd and on jihad. He paid for the Hajj of poor companions and gave generously to students. He died at Hit on the Euphrates, returning from the Byzantine frontier.

What grew out of it?

His Kitab al-Zuhd is one of the oldest books on detachment from the world.

Who else is linked?

MervAbbasid Caliphate

Who lived at the same time?

Al-MansurAl-SaffahAbd al-Rahman IMarwan ibn MuhammadYazid ibn al-WalidIbrahim ibn al-WalidAl-Walid ibn YazidAl-Mahdi

Source: history · Wikipedia

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