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Where was Al-Ghazali born?
Where was Al-Ghazali born?
- Baghdad
- Nishapur
- Tus (correct)
- Iran
What position did Al-Ghazali hold at the Nizamiyya madrasa in Baghdad?
What position did Al-Ghazali hold at the Nizamiyya madrasa in Baghdad?
- Teacher (correct)
- Student
- Janitor
- Principal
What happened to Al-Ghazali in 1095?
What happened to Al-Ghazali in 1095?
- He received a spiritual award
- He adopted an ascetic lifestyle (correct)
- He got married
- He became a politician
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Study Notes
- Al-Ghazali was a Muslim scholar and spiritualist of Persian descent born in c. 1058 in Tus, Iran.
- He received instruction in fiqh from local teachers and later studied under al-Juwayni in Nishapur.
- He joined the court of Nizam al-Mulk and was advanced to the prestigious professorial position at the Nizamiyya madrasa in Baghdad.
- He underwent a spiritual crisis in 1095 and adopted an ascetic lifestyle, spending several years in seclusion in Tus.
- He continued to publish, receive visitors, and teach in private institutions during his seclusion.
- Fakhr al-Mulk pressed him to return to the Nizamiyya in Nishapur, which he reluctantly did in 1106.
- He declined an invitation to return to Baghdad in 1110 and died on December 19, 1111.
- He had several daughters but no sons.
- His father died in poverty, and he was left to the care of a Sufi, according to a posthumous tradition.
- The authenticity of this tradition has been questioned in recent scholarship.
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