Al-Munawi

Al-Munawi
TitleZain al-Din
Al-Ḥāfiẓ
Personal
Born(952 AH/1545 AD)
Cairo, Ottoman Empire
Died(1031 AH/1621 AD) (aged 76)
Cairo, Ottoman Empire
ReligionIslam
EraEarly modern period
RegionEgypt
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedAsh'ari[1]
Main interest(s)Fiqh, Hadith, History, Tasawwuf
Notable work(s)Fayd al-Qadir
Alma materAl-Azhar University
OccupationMuhaddith, Scholar, Muslim Jurist, Historian
Muslim leader
Influenced by

Muhammad 'Abd al-Ra'uf al-Munāwi (also Al-Manāwi) (Arabic: محمد عبد الرؤوف المناوي), was a renowned Egyptian Islamic scholar of the Ottoman period. He was a prominent Shafi'i jurist, hadith specialist, historian, and mystic.[2][3][4] He is considered one of the most greatest Sunni scholars and prolific writers of his time.[5][6] He authored a celebrated and classical work titled Fayd al-Qadir.[7] He was the paternal great grandson of Shaykh al-Islam Sharaf al-Din al-Munawi and was a famous disciple of Al-Sha'rani.[8][9]

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  5. ^ Hanif, N. (2002). In Praise of Books A Cultural History of Cairo's Middle Class, Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century. Sarup & Sons. p. 113. ISBN 9788176252676.
  6. ^ Jane Hathaway, Karl Barbir (22 July 2014). The Arab Lands Under Ottoman Rule 1516-1800. Taylor & Francis. p. 133. ISBN 9781317875635.
  7. ^ Ibrahim, Ahmed F. (27 April 2015). Pragmatism in Islamic Law - A Social and Intellectual History. Syracuse University Press. p. 250. ISBN 9780815653196.
  8. ^ Brown, Jonathan (2017). American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 34:3. International Institute of Islamic Thought. p. 13.
  9. ^ Hanna, Nelly (October 2003). Biographical Encyclopaedia of Sufis Africa and Europe. Syracuse University Press. p. 170. ISBN 9780815630364.