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“On the first day of my lecture, all the great jurists of our school, such as ʿAbd ul-Wahid ibn Shanif, AbuʿAli ibn al-Qadi, Abu Bakr ibn ʿIsa, and Ibn Qasami, were present. Subsequently, I spoke at the mosque near the famous tomb, Bab al-Basrah, and the Muʿalla River. These sessions continued and were well-received.
“On the first day of my lecture, all the great jurists of our school, such as ʿAbd ul-Wahid ibn Shanif, AbuʿAli ibn al-Qadi, Abu Bakr ibn ʿIsa, and Ibn Qasami, were present. Subsequently, I spoke at the mosque near the famous tomb, Bab al-Basrah, and the Muʿalla River. These sessions continued and were well-received.


Ibn Jubayr, in his observations from Baghdad in 580/1184, provides an exaggerated praise of Ibn al-Jawzi’s scholarly, literary, and religious stature in his report “Majalis al-ʿIlm wa al-Waʿz (lit. Knowledge and preaching sessions).” He vividly portrays one of Ibn al-Jawzi’s preaching sessions:
Ibn Jubayr, in his observations from Baghdad in 580/1184, provides an exaggerated praise of Ibn al-Jawzi’s scholarly, literary, and religious stature in his report “Majalis al-ʿIlm wa al-Waʿz (lit. Knowledge and preaching sessions).” He vividly portrays one of Ibn al-Jawzi’s preaching sessions:


“In the early morning of Saturday, at the gathering of the learned scholar... Ibn al-Jawzi, who stood in front of his residence on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, I attended. After his seating on the pulpit and before commencing his sermon, over twenty reciters recited verses from the Holy Qur’an in harmony and with a particular order. Then he embarked upon his sermon, beginning each section with the verses recited, and ending each section with concluding verses as if they were rhymed poetry, while maintaining the sequence of the verses... His words enchanted hearts and elevated spirits to the extent that cries of repentance and pleas for (divine) help rose, and sinners cried out for forgiveness like moths drawn to a candle flame, falling at his feet... Some were beside themselves with awe... Then the discussion of issues began, and from all sides of the gathering, sheets of questions flowed towards him. He promptly responded to them, and the greatest benefit of his gatherings lay in these answers to questions.”
“In the early morning of Saturday, at the gathering of the learned scholar... Ibn al-Jawzi, who stood in front of his residence on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, I attended. After his seating on the pulpit and before commencing his sermon, over twenty reciters recited verses from the Holy Qur’an in harmony and with a particular order. Then he embarked upon his sermon, beginning each section with the verses recited, and ending each section with concluding verses as if they were rhymed poetry, while maintaining the sequence of the verses... His words enchanted hearts and elevated spirits to the extent that cries of repentance and pleas for (divine) help rose, and sinners cried out for forgiveness like moths drawn to a candle flame, falling at his feet... Some were beside themselves with awe... Then the discussion of issues began, and from all sides of the gathering, sheets of questions flowed towards him. He promptly responded to them, and the greatest benefit of his gatherings lay in these answers to questions.”
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