Zakariyya al-Ansari

Abū Yaḥyā b. Muḥammad b. Zakariyyā, Zayn al-Dīn al-Sunaykī also known as Zakariyyā al-Ansārī was an Egyptian Sunni polymath. He is considered the leading specialist in fiqh, usul al-fiqh, hadith, usul al-hadith, tafsir, ulum al-Qur'an, Qu'ranic recitation, grammar, linguistic, rhetoric, philology, history, literature, genealogy, kalam, logic and Sufism. He also excelled in other sciences such as medicine, engineering, astronomy, and mathematics.