Al-Zarkashi
Abū Abdullāh Badr ad-Dīn Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Bahādir az-Zarkashī (1344–1392/ 745–794 AH), better known as Az-Zarkashī, was a fourteenth century Islamic scholar. He primarily resided in Mamluk-era Cairo. He specialized in the fields of law, hadith, history and Shafi'i legal jurisprudence (fiqh).[2] He left behind thirty compendia, but the majority of these are lost to modern researchers and only the titles are known.[3] One of his most famous works that has survived is al-Burhan fee 'Uloom al-Qur'an, a manual of the Qur'anic sciences.
Al-Zarkashi | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Born | 1344 CE/745 AH |
| Died | 1392 CE/794 AH |
| Religion | Islam |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Era | Mamluk |
| Region | Middle East |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari[1] |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith studies, Islamic jurisprudence. |
| Occupation | Historiographer, bibliographer, scholar, jurist. |
| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | Muhammad |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | Ibn Abdullah ibn Bahādir |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū 'Abdullāh |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | az-Zarkashī |
Teachers
Az-Zarkashī studied hadīth (one of various reports describing the words, actions, or habits of the prophet Muhammad) in Damascus with Imād al-Dīn Ibn Kathir (d. 1373), fiqh and usūl in Aleppo with Shihāb ud-Dīn Al-Adhra`I (d. 1381), and Quran and fiqh in Cairo with the head of the Shafi’i school in Cairo at the time, Jamal al-Din al-Isnawi.[4]
Disciples
His notable students included Shamsuddīn al-Barmaid (d. 830 AH) and Najmuddin bin Haji ad-Dimashqi (d. 831 AH).
Works
- Al-bahr al-muhīt fī usūl al-fiqh (البحر المحيط، في أصول الفقه)
- Salāsil adh-dhahab fī usūl al-fiqh (سلاسل الذهب في أصول الفقه)
- Al-burhān fī ʿulūm al-Qur'ān (البرهان في علوم القرآن)
- Iʿlam as-sājid bi-ahkām al-masājid (إعلام الساجد بأحكام المساجد)
- "The Corrective: ʿĀ’isha’s Rectification of the Companions" Al-Ijāba limā istadrakatahu ‘Ā’isha ‘alā as-Sahāba ( الإجابة لما استدركته عائشة على الصحابة) [5]
- At-tadhkirah fī al-ahādīth al-mushtaharah (التذكرة في الأحاديث المشتهرة)
- Risāla fī maʿnī kalimat fī at-Tawhid (lā ilaha illallah) (رسالة في معني كلمة التوحيد (لا إله إلا الله
- Al-manthūr fī al-qawāʿid fiqh ash-Shāfiʿiyyah (المنثور في القواعد فقه شافعي): is considered by many scholars to be among the foremost compendiums of legal principles in the Shāfi'i fiqh. The text includes over 100 principles that are listed alphabetically.
- Takhrīj ahādīth ash-sharh al-kabīr li ar-Rāfiʿī (تخريج أحاديث الشرح الكبير للرافعي)
- Al-ghurar as-sāfir fīmā yahtāju ilaihi al-musāfir (الغرر السافر فيما يحتاج إليه المسافر)
See also
References
- "Some of the names of scholars of the Ash'ari nation". alsunna.org. Archived from the original on 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- al-Nukat 'ala al-'Umdah fi'l Ahkam (النكت على العمدة في الأحكام) Imam al-Zarkashi
- Jalajel, David S. (2017) Women and Leadership in Islamic Law
- Rippin, A. (2012), "al-Zarkas̲h̲ī", in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition: ISBN 9789004161214, 1960–2007
- Sofia Abdur Rehman ʿĀ’isha’s Corrective of the Companions: A Translation and Critical Ḥadīth Study
