Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad
# Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad

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Sunni Islam

Kullabiyya

Ahl al-Ra'y

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Eminent scholars

3rd AH/9th AD

Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (d. 324/936)

Ibn Khafif (d. 371/982)

4th AH/10th AD

Al-Baqillani (d. 403/1013)

Ibn Furak (d. 406/1015)

Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini (d. 418/1027)

'Abd al-Qahir al-Baghdadi (d. 429/1037)

Abu 'Imran al-Fasi (d. 430/1038-9)

Abu Dharr al-Harawi (d. 434/1043)

Al-Mawardi (d. 450/1058)

Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458/1066)

Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (d. 463/1071)

Al-Qushayri (d. 465/1072)

Abu al-Walid al-Baji (d. 474/1081)

Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (d. 476/1083)

Al-Juwayni (d. 478/1085)

5th AH/11th AD

Al-Raghib al-Isfahani (d. 502/1108)

Al-Ghazali (d. 505/1111)

Abu al-Qasim al-Ansari (d. 511 or 512/1117-19)

Ibn 'Aqil (d. 513/1119)

Ibn Rushd al-Jadd (d. 520/1126)

Al-Mazari (d. 536/1141)

Abu Bakr ibn al-'Arabi (d. 543/1148)

Al-Qadi 'Iyad (d. 544/1149)

Al-Shahrastani (d. 548/1153)

Ibn 'Asakir (d. 571/1176)

Ahmad al-Rifa'i (d. 578/1182)

6th AH/12th AD

Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (d. 606/1209)

Ibn al-Athir (d. 630/ 1233)

Sayf al-Din al-Amidi (d. 631/1233)

Ibn al-Hajib (d. 646/1248)

'Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam (d. 660/1262)

Al-Qurtubi (d. 671/1272)

Al-Nawawi (d. 676/1277)

Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi (d. 684/1285)

Al-Baydawi (d. ca. 685/1286)

Ibn al-Nafis (d. 687/1288)

7th AH/13th AD

Ibn Daqiq al-'Id (d. 702/1302)

Ibn 'Ata' Allah (d. 709/1309)

Safi al-Din al-Hindi (d. 715/1315)

Ibn Juzayy (d. 741/1340)

Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati (d. 745/1344)

Taqi al-Din al-Subki (d. 756/1355)

Taj al-Din al-Subki (d. 771/1370)

Shams al-Din al-Kirmani (d. 786/1384)

Al-Taftazani (d. 793/1390)

Badr al-Din al-Zarkashi (d. 794/1392)

8th AH/14th AD

Ibn 'Arafa (d. 803/1401)

Siraj al-Din al-Bulqini (d. 805/1405)

Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi (d. 806/1404)

Nur al-Din al-Haythami (d. 807/1404-5)

Ibn Khaldun (d. 808/1406)

Al-Sharif al-Jurjani (d. 816/1413)

Ibn al-Jazari (d. 833/1429)

Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani (d. 852/1449)

Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli (d. 864/1459)

'Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi (d. 875/1470)

Ahmad Zarruq (d. 899/1493)

9th AH/15th AD

Al-Sakhawi (d. 902/1497)

Jalal al-Din al-Dawani (d. 907/1501 or 908/1502)

Al-Suyuti (d. 911/1505)

Al-Qastallani (d. 923/1517)

Zakariyya al-Ansari (d. 926/1520)

Al-Sha'rani (d. 973/1565)

Ibn Hajar al-Haytami (d. 974/1567)

Al-Khatib al-Shirbini (d. 977/1570)

10th AH/16th AD

Ibn 'Ashir (d. 1040/1631)

Ahmad al-Maqqari (d. 1041/1632)

Ibrahim al-Laqqani (d. 1041/1631)

Muhammad Mayyara (d. 1072/1662)

11th AH/17th AD

Al-Hasan al-Yusi (d. 1102/1691)

Muhammad al-Zurqani (d. 1122/1710)

'Abdallah ibn 'Alawi al-Haddad (d. 1132/1720)

Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (d. 1176/1762)

12th AH/18th AD

Ahmad al-Dardir (d. 1204/1786)

Ahmad ibn 'Ajiba (d. 1224/1809)

Ibn Kiran (d. 1227/1812)

Ahmad al-Tijani (d. 1230/1815)

Ibrahim al-Bajuri (d. 1276/1859-60)

Muhammad 'Ilish (d. 1299/1882)

13th AH/19th AD

Ahmad Zayni Dahlan (d. 1304/1886)

Yusuf al-Nabhani (d. 1350/1931)

Bediüzzaman Said Nursi (d. 1379/1960)

Muhammad al-'Arabi al-Tabbani (d. 1390/1970)

Muhammad al-Tahir ibn 'Ashur (d. 1393/1973)

14th AH/20th AD

Muhammad Mitwalli al-Sha'rawi (d. 1419/1998)

Muhammad 'Alawi al-Maliki (d. 1425/2004)

'Abdullah al-Harari (d. 1429/2008)

Nuh al-Qudah (d. 1432/2010)

Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Buti (d. 1434/2013)

Wahbah al-Zuhayli (d. 1436/2015)

Muhammad 'Ali al-Sabuni (d. 1442/2021) :

Theological works

Al-'Aqida al-Tahawiyya

Sharh al-'Aqa'id al-Nasafiyya

Tabyin Kadhib al-Muftari

Al-Insaf

Al-Irshad

Al-Iqtisad

Tahafut al-Falasifa

Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat

Al-Risala al-Qushayriyya

Al-Farq bayn al-Firaq

Al-Milal wa al-Nihal

Asas al-Taqdis

Daf' Shubah al-Tashbih

Lubab al-Muhassal

Al-Murshid al-Mu'een :

Institutions

Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad

Al-Azhar University

Al-Qarawiyyin University

Al-Zaytuna Mosque

Umayyad Mosque

Dar al-Hadith al-Ashrafiyya

Nahdlatul Ulama (NU)

International Islamic University Malaysia :

Events

2016 International Islamic Conference :

Related groups

Classic

Maturidis

Sufis

Ahl al-Hadith

Modern

Al-Ahbash

Deobandis

Barelvis :

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Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad (Arabic: المدرسة النظامية), one of the first nizamiyehs, was established in 1065 in Baghdad. In July 1091, Nizam al-Mulk appointed the 33-year-old al-Ghazali as a professor of the school. Offering free education, it has been described as the "largest university of the Medieval world". Ibn Tumart, founder of the Berber Almohad dynasty, reputedly attended the school and studied under al-Ghazali and Al-Kiya al-Harrasi. Nizam al-Mulk's son-in-law Mughatil ibn Bakri was also employed by the school. In 1096, when al-Ghazali left the nezamiyeh, it housed 3,000 students. In 1116, Muhammad al-Shahrastani taught at the nezamiyeh. In the 1170s, statesman Beha ud-Din taught at the nezamiyeh, before he moved on to teach in Mosul, while Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani studied there in the late 12th century.

The Persian poet Saadi Shirazi studied at the nezamiyeh during the early 13th century, when he set out on a journey. He was also among those who witnessed first-hand accounts of its destruction by Mongol Ilkhanate invaders led by Hulagu during the Sack of Baghdad in 1258. He recalls clearly his days of studies at the al-Nizamiyya in Baghdad "A fellow-student at Nizamiah displayed malevolence towards me, and I informed my tutor, saying 'Whenever I give more proper answers than he the envious fellow becomes offended.' The professor replied 'The envy of thy friend is not agreeable to thee, but I know not who told thee that back-biting was commendable. If he seek perdition through the path of envy, thou wilt join him by the path of slander.'"

The curriculum initially focused on religious studies, Islamic law, Arabic literature, and arithmetic, and later extended to history, mathematics, the physical sciences, and music.

