Where Is the Residing Place of Imam al-Ghazali (Allah Have Mercy on Him)?
Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch
Question
On the internet, there is conflicting information about the resting place of Imam Ghazali (Allah have mercy upon him). Which is the correct location? I don’t hear grand Urs happening on Imam Ghazali’s mausoleum as we do for other Awliyas. Why?
Is it correct that Imam’s Urs falls on 14 Jumada al-Awwal?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate.
There are varying opinions on the final resting place of Imam Abu al-Hamid al-Ghazali (Allah have mercy on him).
The opinion that seems to be the most historically accurate is that Imam al-Ghazali is buried in Tus, Iran, just outside the city of Mashhad.
After some basic research, there isn’t any difference of opinion as to the date of the Imam’s passing. He passed away Monday, 14th of Jumada al-Akhira in the year 505 AH, corresponding to December 19th, 1111 CE.
Related:
Brief Biography of Imam Ghazali [Podcast]
Ghazali’s Beginning of Guidance [Course]
Imam al-Ghazali: The Unlikely Seeker
Hope this helps
Allah knows best
[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Shaykh Yusuf Weltch teaches Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he completed four years at the Darul Uloom seminary in New York, where he studied Arabic and the traditional sciences.
He then traveled to Tarim, Yemen, where he studied for three years in Dar al-Mustafa under some of the most outstanding scholars of our time, including Habib Umar Bin Hafiz, Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf, and Shaykh Umar al-Khatib.
In Tarim, Shaykh Yusuf completed the memorization of the Quran and studied beliefs, legal methodology, hadith methodology, Quranic exegesis, Islamic history, and several texts on spirituality. He joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.
