Shams al-Din al-Ramli

Shams al-Din al-Ramli
شمس الدين الرملي
TitleShaykh al-Islām[1]
Shams al-Din
Al-Ḥāfiẓ
Personal
Born1513
Ramla, Mamluk Sultanate
DiedCairo, Ottoman Empire
January 13, 1596(1596-01-13) (aged 82–83)
ReligionIslam
RegionEgypt
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedAsh'ari[2]
Main interest(s)Fiqh, Hadith
Alma materAl-Azhar University
OccupationMuhaddith, Scholar, Muslim Jurist
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Influenced

Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Ḥamza al-Manūfī al-Miṣrī al-Anṣārī S̲h̲ams al-Dīn(Arabic: شمس الدين الرملي; 1513 – 13 January 1596 CE) also known as Shams al-Din al-Ramli was an Egyptian Sunni scholar, known as the leading Shafi'i jurist and muhaddith in his era.[3][4] He was considered the tenth century renewer of Islam and nicknamed the "little Shafi'i".[5] He was the son of scholar Shihab al-Din al-Ramli.[6]

  1. ^ IslamKotob. "The softness of summer and the harvest of fruits from the biographies of notables of the first class of the eleventh century 2 - لطف السمر و قطف الثمر من تراجم أعيان الطبقة الأولى من القرن الحادي عشر 2)". p. 78.
  2. ^ Near East/North Africa Report Issue 2225. United States Joint Publications Research Service. p. 5.
  3. ^ Azra, Azyumardi (2006). Islam in the Indonesian World An Account of Institutional Formation. Mizan. p. 196. ISBN 9789794334300.
  4. ^ A, Zysow (16 May 2023). "al-Ramlī". Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_6216. ISBN 9789004161214.
  5. ^ Khan, I. K. (2006). Islam in Modern Asia. MD Publications. p. 87. ISBN 9788175330948.
  6. ^ Loimeier, Roman (15 June 2009). Between Social Skills and Marketable Skills The Politics of Islamic Education in 20th Century Zanzibar. Brill. p. 183. ISBN 9789047428862.