Abd al-Qadir al-Iskandarani
- Died
- 1362 AH
- Born in
- Alexandria
Abd al-Qadir al-Iskandarani (d. 1362 AH / 1943 CE) was a Syrian scholar and man of letters based in Damascus, known for teaching at the Umayyad Mosque and establishing the periodical Majallat al-Haqa'iq.
Life and Career
Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhammad Salim (also recorded as Muhammad ibn Salim) al-Kilani, known as al-Iskandarani, was born in Alexandria and raised in Damascus.
Al-Iskandarani studied under several scholars in Damascus, transmitting from Bakr ibn Hamid al-Attar, Muhammad al-Khani, and Abd al-Hakim al-Afghani. Among those who took from him was the Moroccan traditionist Ahmad ibn al-Siddiq al-Ghumari, who received the "hadith of mercy" (hadith al-rahmah) directly from him.
Al-Iskandarani held regular teaching lessons at the Umayyad Mosque. On August 7, 1910 CE, he founded Majallat al-Haqa'iq (The Journal of Realities), a Damascus-based scholarly journal that published a total of 34 issues covering religious and theological topics. His authored works included Al-Mabahith al-kalamiyya fi usul al-aqa'id al-Islamiyya on Islamic theology and Iqaz al-wasnan, a polemical defense of the Quranic inimitability.
Death
Al-Iskandarani died in Damascus in Rabi' al-Awwal 1362 AH (1943 CE) at approximately seventy years of age.
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List of Works
Majallat al-Haqa'iq (The Journal of Realities) is a Damascus-based Islamic scholarly periodical dedicated to religious scholarship, the defense of Islamic orthodoxy, and the refutation of contemporary intellectual doubts. First published on August 7, 1910 CE, the journal released a total of 34 issues addressing theological, legal, and social subjects.