Ibn al-Jawzi (510-597 AH / 1116-1201 CE) was Abu al-Faraj Jamal al-Din Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Qurashi al-Taymi al-Bakri. He was a Hanbali jurist, hadith scholar, historian, and theologian. He was born and died in Baghdad. He enjoyed widespread fame and a prominent position in oratory, preaching, and writing, and he excelled in many sciences and arts. His lineage traces back to Abu Bakr al-Siddiq.

Ibn al-Jawzi was known for a walnut tree that was in his house in the town of Wasit, and there was no other walnut tree in the town. It was said that he was named after “Fardhat al-Jawz,” which is the port of the Basra River.