'Ala' al-Din al-Kasani علاء الدين الكاساني | |
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| Title | King of the Scholars |
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| Died | 03 August 1191 |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Main interest(s) | Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), Aqidah (Islamic theology) |
| Notable work(s) | Bada'i' al-Sana'i' |
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'Ala' al-Din al-Kasani (Arabic: علاء الدين الكاساني), known as Al-Kasani or al-Kashani, was a 12th Century Sunni Muslim Jurist who became an influential figure of the Hanafi school of Sunni jurisprudence, which has remained the most widely practiced law school in the Sunni tradition.[1]
He was nicknamed Malik al-'Ulama' ("King of the Scholars"). His major work entitled Bada'i' al-Sana'i' fi Tartib al-Shara'i' (Arabic: بدائع الصنائع في ترتيب الشرائع) is one of the most important Islamic legal manuals of the Hanafi tradition.[2]