Jamal al-Din al-Ghaznawi


Jamal al-Din al-Ghaznawi, was a Sunni Hanafi jurist, theologian, and Kalam scholar of the Maturidi school.

Name

Jamal al-Din Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Mahmud b. Sa'id b. Nuh al-Qabisi, widely known as al-Taj al-Hanafi, it has also been said his name was Muhammad instead of Ahmad.

Birth

The date of his birth is unknown, nor are there many authentic circumstances related of his life.

Life

Not much of his early academic life is known nor documented except that many have mentioned his knowledge and his written works.
He lived in Aleppo for a period of time, and worked as a lecturer at al-Madrasa al-Nuriyya.

Teachers

Amongst his teachers was 'Ala' al-Din al-Kasani, author of Bada'i al-Sana'i, who died about a hundred years after Sarakhsi.

Books

Among his printed works are:
and many more other works.

Death

He died in 593 A.H. = 1196/7 A.D. in Aleppo, Syria. And he was buried near the tomb of Prophet Ibrahim, according to Ibn al-'Adim, in his book "Bughyat al-Talab fi Tarikh Halab".