Shams al-Din al-Ramli
Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Ḥamza al-Manūfī al-Miṣrī al-Anṣārī S̲h̲ams al-Dīn(Arabic: شمس الدين الرملي) also known as Shams al-Din al-Ramli (d. 957 AH / 1550 CE) was an Egyptian Sunni scholar, known as the leading Shafi'i jurist and muhaddith in his era.[2][3] He was considered the tenth century renewer of Islam and nicknamed the "little Shafi'i"[4] He was the son of scholar Shihab al-Din al-Ramli.[5]
Shams al-Din al-Ramli شمس الدين الرملي | |
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| Title | Shaykh al-Islām[1] Shams al-Din Al-Ḥāfiẓ |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1513 |
| Died | Cairo, Ottoman Empire 13 January 1596 |
| Religion | Islam |
| Region | Egypt |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
| Main interest(s) | Fiqh, Hadith |
| Alma mater | Al-Azhar University |
| Occupation | Muhaddith, Scholar, Muslim Jurist |
| Muslim leader | |
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Biography
Shams al-Din was born in Ramla in the year 1513. His father was a jurist and mufti who taught him. He also studied under Zakariyya al-Ansari and Al-Khatib al-Shirbini in Al-Azhar University. After completing his studies, Shams al-Din became the chief Mufti in Egypt, the same position his father had held before him.[6] Upon his father's death, Shams al-Dīn took over his teaching position in the Al-Azhar university. He also taught in the Khashshabiyya and Sharifiyya.[7] Shams al-Din's notable students include Ala al-Din al-Babili.[8][9] He died in Cairo at the date of 13 January 1596.
Works
- Nihayat al-Muhtaj Sharj al-Minhaj, a popular commentary on Al-Nawawi's Minhaj al-Talibin.
- Ghayat al-Bayan, a popular commentary on Ibn Ruslān's 'zubād'.
- Al-Gharar Al-Bahiya, a popular commentary on al-Nawawī's ‘idāh fī manāsik al-hajj’.
- Umdat Al-Rabeh
- A commentary on Shaykh al-Islam's (Zakariyya al-Ansārī) ‘tahrīr'.
- A collection of Fatwa by his father
See also
References
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- A, Zysow (16 May 2023). "al-Ramlī". Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_6216. ISBN 9789004161214.
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- Loimeier, Roman (15 June 2009). Between Social Skills and Marketable Skills The Politics of Islamic Education in 20th Century Zanzibar. Brill. p. 183. ISBN 9789047428862.
- Spevack, Aaron (9 September 2014). The Archetypal Sunni Scholar Law, Theology, and Mysticism in the Synthesis of Al-Bajuri. State University of New York Press. p. 78. ISBN 9781438453729.
- Hamilton Alexander, Rosskeen Gibb (1960). The Encyclopaedia of Islam. Brill. p. 425. ISBN 9789047428862.
- "Scholar Of Renown: Shams Al Din Al Ramli". quranwahadith.com.
- Azra, Azyumardi (22 February 2022). The Origins of Islamic Reformism in Southeast Asia Networks of Malay-Indonesian and Middle Eastern 'Ulamā' in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Brill. p. 21. ISBN 9789004488199.
