Ḍiyāʼ al-Dīn Abu ʻAbdallah Muhammad ibn ʻAbd al-Wahid al-Saʻdi al-Maqdisi al-Hanbali

Hanbali (nesbat)

Hanbali is an Arabic nisbat that means "of Hanbal", implying a follower of the Hanbali Madhhab.People using it in their names it include:*Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi- See also :* Al-Shafi‘i *Arabic name*...

(569–643 AH

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/1173-1245 AD) was a Hanbali

Hanbali

The Hanbali school is one the schools of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam. The jurisprudence school traces back to Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal but was institutionalized by his students. Hanbali jurisprudence is considered very strict and conservative, especially regarding questions of dogma...

 Islamic scholar.

Biography

Diya' al-Din was born in Damascus

Damascus

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 in 1173. His parents had emigrated from Nablus

Nablus

Nablus is a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank, approximately north of Jerusalem, with a population of 126,132. Located in a strategic position between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, it is the capital of the Nablus Governorate and a Palestinian commercial and cultural center.Founded by the...

 in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem

Kingdom of Jerusalem

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 shortly before his birth, along with hundreds of other Hanbali inhabitants of the area, in response to perceived threats against their shaykhs from the crusader lord of Nablus, Baldwin of Ibelin

Baldwin of Ibelin

Baldwin of Ibelin, also known as Baldwin III of Ramla , was an important noble of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century. He was the second son of Barisan of Ibelin, and was the younger brother of Hugh of Ibelin and older brother of Balian of Ibelin...

. Al-Dhahabi

Al-Dhahabi

Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn `Uthman ibn Qaymaz ibn `Abd Allah, Shams al-Din Abu `Abd Allah al-Turkmani al-Diyarbakri al-Fariqi al-Dimashqi al-Dhahabi al-Shafi`i , known as Al-Dhahabi , a Shafi'i Muhaddith and historian of Islam.-Biography:...

 described him as the Sheikh

Sheikh

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 of hadith scholars. He recorded Maqdisi's death in the year 1245 C.E., 643 A.H.

Works

• The Cited Tales of the Wondrous Doings of the Shaykhs of the Holy Land: a collection of anecdotes about the shaykhs of the Nablus area prior to the mass immigration of Hanbalis to Damascus. Diya al-Din collected the stories from his older relatives who had also lived there.
• Al-Āhādith al-Jiyād al-Mukhtārah min mā laysa fī Ṣaḥīḥain: a collection of hadith
  Hadith
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   arranged by the name of the Companion
  Sahaba
  In Islam, the ' were the companions, disciples, scribes and family of the Islamic prophet...
  
   narrating each hadith, in alphabetical order. He was unable to complete it. He intended to include only authentic hadith a goal which, to a large extent, he accomplished.