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  "ar": "ابن همويه قاضي دمشق",
  "en": "Ibn Hammawayh, qadi of Damascus"
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  "ar": "قاضي الشام؛ فقيه حنفي ثم تحنبل وكان مجتهداً في مذهب أهل السنة؛ وعين قاضياً بمذهبه فقيل له ألا تخرج فقيل جعفر شيخاً فقال ما هذا إلا تهكم فقلت إذا فألزموه فحكم في الشهور ثم عزل، وحدث بالكثير وكان شيخاً مهيباً وقوراً؛ توفي ثامن عشرين ربيع الآخر {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 578}.",
  "en": "Qadi al-Sham (Hanafi→Hanbali, 'mujtahid within the Sunni school') — judged a few months then dismissed; a dignified, awe-inspiring transmitter {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 578}."
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   "hijri": "0670-04-28",
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   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "توفي ثامن عشرين ربيع الآخر سنة سبعين {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 578}."
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    "value": "ابن همويه شمس الدين أبو سعد إبراهيم بن أحمد بن أبي الفضل بن مسلمة السرخسي قاضي الشام",
    "kind": "full"
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   "note": "توفي ثامن عشرين ربيع الآخر سنة سبعين {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 578}."
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    "value": "sunni-hanbali",
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   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High)"
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  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "شذرات الذهب — ابن العماد (ج7، سنة 670)، قراءة آبل فيجن",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High) from Apple Vision OCR",
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "ابن همويه قاضي الشام؛ فقيه حنفي ثم تحنبل وكان مجتهداً في مذهب أهل السنة؛ وعين قاضياً بمذهبه فقيل له: ألا تخرج؟ فقيل: جعفر شيخاً، فقال: ما هذا إلا تهكم؛ فقلت: إذاً، فألزموه فحكم في الشهور ثم عزل؛ وحدث بالكثير وكان شيخاً مهيباً وقوراً؛ توفي ثامن عشرين ربيع الآخر. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 578}"
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    "id": "person/ibn-hammawayh",
    "lang": "ar",
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    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-22"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Ibn Hammawayh, qadi of Syria — a Hanafi jurist who then became a Hanbali and was a mujtahid in the Sunnis' madhhab. Appointed qadi on his madhhab, he was asked: why not go out? When told Ja'far was made shaykh, he said: this is nothing but mockery — so be it, and they bound him to it. He judged for some months, then was dismissed. He related much and was an awe-inspiring, dignified shaykh. He died 28 Rabi' II. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 578}"
    }
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    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "ai"
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   },
   "updated": "2026-10-22"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "ابن ہمویہ، شام کا قاضی؛ حنفی فقیہ تھا پھر حنبلی ہوا اور اہل سنت کے مذہب میں مجتہد تھا؛ اپنے مذہب پر قاضی مقرر ہوا تو اس سے کہا گیا: کیوں نہیں نکلتا؟ جب کہا گیا جعفر کو شیخ بنایا گیا تو اس نے کہا: یہ سوائے طعن کے کچھ نہیں — تو میں نے کہا: ٹھیک ہے — اور انہوں نے اسے اس پر الگ کیا؛ اس نے چند ماہ فیصلہ کیا پھر معزول ہوا؛ اس نے بہت حدیث بیان کی اور وہ مہیب وقار شیخ تھا؛ 28 ربیع الآخر کو وفات پائی۔ {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 578}"
    }
   ],
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    "id": "person/ibn-hammawayh",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "ai"
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   "updated": "2026-10-22"
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  "event/abd-al-ghani-damascus-595",
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  "event/al-adil-takes-damascus-592",
  "event/al-ghazali-damascus-retreat-488",
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