Shihāb al-Dīn al-Khafājī
Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Umar al-Khafaji was an Egyptian Hanafi-Maturidi scholar and poet who spent some time in Istanbul and while there was appointed Qadi al-Qudah (chief judge) of Egypt.
Also recorded as Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar Khafājī
Shihāb al-Dīn al-Khafājī
- Name
- Shihab al-Din al-Khafaji شهاب الدين الخفاجي
- Born
- 977 A.H. = 1569 A.D.
- Died
- 1069 A.H. = 1659 A.D.
- Occupation
- writer · poet · scholar · qadi
- Known for
- Nasīm al-riyāḍ fī sharḥ Shifāʾ al-Qāḍī ʿIyāḍ · Shifāʼ al-ghalīl fīmā fī kalām al-ʻArab min al-Dukhayyil
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Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Umar al-Khafaji was an Egyptian Hanafi-Maturidi scholar and poet who spent some time in Istanbul and while there was appointed Qadi al-Qudah (chief judge) of Egypt.
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• Region — Shanawan • Name — Shihab al-Din al-Khafaji شهاب الدين الخفاجي • Title — Shihab al-Din Ahmad b. Muhammad b. 'Umar al-Khafaji • Born — 977 A.H. = 1569 A.D. • Died — 1069 A.H. = 1659 A.D. • Religion — Islam • Denomination — Sunni • Jurisprudence — Hanafi, also studied Shafi'i jurisprudence • Creed — Maturidi • Main Interests — Aqidah, Kalam (Islamic theology), Tawhid, Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), Usul al-Fiqh, Usul al-Din, Hadith studies, Tafsir, Logic, Philosophy, Arabic prosody, Arabic grammar, Arabic literature, Rhetoric, Poetry, Mathematics, Medicine • Notable Works — Commentary on Tafsir al-Baydawi, Nasim al-Riyad fi Sharh Shifa' al-Qadi 'Iyad • Influences — Abu Hanifa Shams al-Din al-Ramli Al-Qadi 'Iyad Al-Baydawi Taqi al-Din al-Subki • Influenced — 'Abd al-Qadir ibn 'Umar al-Baghdadi Muhammad Amin al-Muhibbi
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Among his well-known writings are: • Hashiya (marginal commentary) on the Quranic commentary of al-Baydawi, titled: 'Inayat al-Qadi wa-Kifayat al-Radi. • Commentary on al-Shifa bi Ta'rif Huquq al-Mustafa of al-Qadi 'Iyad, titled: Naseem al-Riyadh fi Sharh Shifa' al-Qadi 'Iyad.
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