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Al-Khaṭīb ash-Shirbīniy

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Egyptian Sunni Shafi-is Imam

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Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Shirbani al-Khatib also known as al-Khaṭīb ash-Shirbīniy (الخطيب الشربيني, was an Egyptian Sunni scholar who specialized in the Shafi'i jurisprudence, legal theory, Qu'ran exegesis, and Arabic language. He had a reputation for wisdom and piety.

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Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Shirbani al-Khatib also known as al-Khaṭīb ash-Shirbīniy (الخطيب الشربيني, was an Egyptian Sunni scholar who specialized in the Shafi'i jurisprudence, legal theory, Qu'ran exegesis, and Arabic language. He had a reputation for wisdom and piety. He completed his studies at Al-Azhar under the tutelage of Zakariyya al-Ansari, Shihab al-Din al-Ramli and others, who gave him permission to offer official legal advice and teaching. His eight volume Mughni al-Muhtaj, a commentary on Al-Nawawi Minhaj al-Talibin, his other well-known three volume commentary, Al-Iqna' fi Halla Alfadh Abi Shuja, which is regarded as one of the best commentaries of one of the most well-known treatises in Shafi'i Fiqh called Matn Abi Shuja and his four volume Quranic exegesis entitled Al-Siraj al-Munir fi al-i'ana ala ma 'rifa ba'd kalam Rabbina al-Hakim al-Khabir. He died in Cairo in the year of 977/1570.

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