Muhammad ibn Makki

Not to be confused with Muhammad al-Makki or Muhammad Ibn Makki (died 1532).
Muḥammad ibn Makkī
TitleShams al-Din, al-Shahid al-Awwal
Personal
Born1334, Jezzine
Died7 July 1385, Damascus (aged 51)
ReligionIslam
EraMamluk Sultanate
DenominationShia
JurisprudenceJa'fari
CreedTwelver
Notable work(s)The Damascene Glitter, The Forty Hadith, The Lessons, others

Shams al-Dīn (شَمْس ٱلدِّين) Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Makkī ibn Ḥāmid al-Nabaṭī al-ʿĀmilī al-Jizzīnī[1] (1334–1385),[2] better known as al-Shāhīd al-Awwal[1] (Arabic: ٱلشَّهِيد ٱلْأَوَّل, "The First Martyr"), was a Shi'a scholar and the author of al-Lum'ah al-Dimashqiyah (ٱللُّمْعَة ٱلدِّمَشْقِيَّة) and. Although he is neither the first Muslim nor the first Shi'a to die for his religion, he became known as "Shahid al-Awwal" because he was probably the first Shia scholar of such stature to have been killed in a brutal manner.

  1. ^ a b Scarcia Amoretti, B. (1993). "Muḥammad b. Makkī". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume VII: Mif–Naz. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 407. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_5361. ISBN 978-90-04-09419-2.
  2. ^ Phyllis G. Jestice (2004). Holy People of the World: A Cross-cultural Encyclopedia, Volume 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 432. ISBN 9781576073551.