Al-Zarkashi

Al-Zarkashi
Personal
Born1344 CE/745 AH
Died1392 CE/794 AH
ReligionIslam
NationalityEgyptian
EraMamluk
RegionMiddle East
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedAsh'ari[1]
Main interest(s)Hadith studies, Islamic jurisprudence.
OccupationHistoriographer, bibliographer, scholar, jurist.
Arabic name
Personal (Ism)Muhammad
Patronymic (Nasab)Ibn Abdullah ibn Bahādir
Teknonymic (Kunya)Abū 'Abdullāh
Toponymic (Nisba)az-Zarkashī

Abū Abdullāh Badr ad-Dīn Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Bahādir az-Zarkashī (1344–1392/ 745–794 AH), better known as Az-Zarkashī, was a fourteenth century Islamic scholar. He primarily resided in Mamluk-era Cairo. He specialized in the fields of law, hadith, history and Shafi'i legal jurisprudence (fiqh).[2] He left behind thirty compendia, but the majority of these are lost to modern researchers and only the titles are known.[3] One of his most famous works that has survived is al-Burhān fī 'Ulūm al-Qur'ān, a manual of the Qur'anic sciences.

  1. ^ "Some of the names of scholars of the Ash'ari nation". alsunna.org. Archived from the original on 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  2. ^ al-Nukat 'ala al-'Umdah fi'l Ahkam (النكت على العمدة في الأحكام) Imam al-Zarkashi
  3. ^ Jalajel, David S. (2017) Women and Leadership in Islamic Law