Ghulam al-Khallal

Ghulam al-Khallal (Arabic: غلام الخلال, died 973), full name Abu Bakr 'Abd al-Aziz ibn Ja'far, was a Muslim Hanbali scholar and theologian.[1][2][3] He was a close student of Abu Bakr al-Khallal, hence he received his name Ghulam, which means assistant.[1][2][4] Ghulam al-Khallal was also a trustworthy narrator of Hadith.[1][2][3]

Ghulam al-Khallal
غلام الخلال
The historic Al-Khilani Mosque which contains the tomb of Ghulam al-Khallal
Personal
Born
Abu Bakr 'Abd al-Aziz ibn Ja'far

898 CE
Died973 CE (age 78)
Resting placeAl-Khilani Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic Golden Age
RegionMesopotamia
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanbali
CreedAthari
Notable work(s)Zad al-Musafir fi Fiqh 'ala al-Madhab al-Imam Ahmad
Muslim leader
Disciple ofAbu Bakr al-Khallal

Biography

Ghulam al-Khallal was born in 898.[1][2][3] Not much is known about his early life. He is known to have been a companion of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, the founder of the Hanbali school of thought.[1][2][5][3] The historian Al-Dhahabi praised him, saying that “no one came after the companions of Ahmad like Ghulam al-Khallal, and no one came after him in turn like Abdul Aziz, unless he was Abu al-Qasim al-Kharaqani.”[5] Ghulam al-Khallal was also a Hadith narrator, and scholars including Ibn Battah narrated from him.[1][2][3]

Death and legacy

Ghulam al-Khallal died in the year 973, and was buried in Baghdad, Iraq.[1][2][5][3] His grave is believed to be located in the mausoleum room of the Al-Khilani Mosque which is now a Shi'ite shrine dedicated to the Shi'ite saint Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Uthman. Modern historians including Imad Abd al-Salam Rauf and Yunus as-Samarrai have identified the grave in the mausoleum as belonging to Ghulam al-Khallal.[6][7]

See also

References
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  2. "ص211 - كتاب المذهب الحنبلي دراسة في تاريخه وسماته - غلام الخلال ه ه - المكتبة الشاملة". shamela.ws. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  3. "غُلام الْخَلَّال". islamic-content.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  4. "Mengenal Madzhab Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal (Bag. 2) - RISALAH". risalah.id (in Indonesian). 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  5. "إسلام ويب - سير أعلام النبلاء - الطبقة العشرون - غلام الخلال- الجزء رقم16". www.islamweb.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  6. al-Samarrai, Yunus (1977). تأريخ مساجد بغداد الحديثة [A History of the modern mosques of Baghdad] (in Arabic). Al-Umma Press. ISBN 26797567941724683. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: length (help)
  7. Abd al-Salam Rauf, Imad (2000). معالم بغداد في القرون المتأخرة [Landmarks of Baghdad in the Late Centuries] (in Arabic). Iraq: Bayt al-Hikmah (Qism al-Dirasat at-Taarikhiyati). ISBN 9789933453664.
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