Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
Egyptian Islamic scholar (1372–1449) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the 16th-century Sunni Muslim Shafi'i scholar, see Ibn Hajar al-Haytami.
Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī (Arabic: ابن حجر العسقلاني;[lower-alpha 1] 18 February 1372 – 2 February 1449), or simply ibn Ḥajar,[1] was a classic Islamic scholar "whose life work constitutes the final summation of the science of hadith."[6] He authored some 150 works on hadith, history, biography, exegesis, poetry, and the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence, the most valued of which being his commentary of Sahih al-Bukhari, titled Fath al-Bari.[7] He is known by the honorific epithets Hafiz al-Asr "Hafiz of the Time", Shaykh al-Islam "Shaykh of Islam", and Amir al-Mu'minin fi al-Hadith "Leader of the Believers in Hadith".[8]
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ابن حجر العسقلاني | |
Title | Shaykh al-Islam Hafiz |
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Born | 18 February 1372 (1372-02-18) |
Died | 2 February 1449 (1449-02-03) (aged 76)[1] Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate |
Resting place | City of the Dead, Cairo, Egypt |
Religion | Islam |
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Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
Creed | Ash'ari[2][3][4] |
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