Ibn Mulaqqib | |
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| Title | Shaykh al-Islām[1] Siraj al-Din Al-Ḥāfiẓ |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1323 |
| Died | 1401 (aged 77–78) |
| Religion | Islam |
| Region | Egypt |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari[2] |
| Main interest(s) | Fiqh, Hadith, Arabic |
| Notable work(s) | Umdat Ul-Muhtaj Ila Sharh Al-Minhaj, Al-I'lam Bi Fawaid Umdat Ul-Ahkam |
| Muslim leader | |
Sirāj al-Dīn Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar b. ʿAlī b. Aḥmad al-Shāfiʿī al-Miṣrī (Arabic: ابن الملقن), commonly known as Ibn al-Mulaqqin (723–804/1323–1401), was a Sunni Egyptian scholar of Andalusian origin who was considered one of the greatest Shafi'i jurist and hadith scholar of his time.[3] He was known for his voluminous scholarship on Hadith and Fiqh. He was a theologian, teacher, an expert in the Arabic language and a leading prolific writer who wrote on numerous subjects.[4][5]