Abū Yaḥyā b. Muḥammad b. Zakariyyā, Zayn al-Dīn al-Sunaykī also known as Zakariyyā al-Ansārī was an Egyptian Sunni polymath.
Writers born in the 1420s 6
About this person
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.
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Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1420 to 1520 · aged 100
Written about in
14 languages
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