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).[1] He left behind thirty compendia, but the majority of these are lost to modern researchers and only the titles are known.[2] 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 | |
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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 |
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, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Asnawi.[3]
Disciples
His notable students included Shamsuddīn al-Barmaid (d. 830 AH) and Najmuddin bin Haji ad-Dimasyqi (d. 831 AH).
Works
- Al-bahru al-muhith fī usūl fiqh (البحر المحيط، في أصول الفقه)
- Salasil adh-dhahab fī usūl fiqh (سلاسل الذهب في أصول الفقه)
- Al-burhān fī `ulūm al-Qur'an (البرهان في علوم القرآن)
- I`lanu as of our bi-sajid al-masājid (إعلام الساجد بأحكام المساجد)
- Al-Ijāba li-Īrād mā Istadrakathu ‘Ā’isha ‘alā al-Sahaba ( الإجابة لما استدركته عائشة على الصحابة) Beirut: al-Maktab al-Islami, 1970)
- At-tadzkirah fi al-ahadith al-Musytaharah (التذكرة في الأحاديث المشتهرة)
- Risāla fī ma'nī kalimat fī at-Tawhid (lā ilaha illallah) (رسالة في معني كلمة التوحيد (لا إله إلا الله
- Al-manthūr fī al-qawā'id fiqh ash-Shāfi'iyyah (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.
- Takhrij ahādith ash-Sharh al-Kabir li ar-rafi'ī (تخريج أحاديث الشرح الكبير للرافعي)
- Al-ghurar as-sāfir fīmā Yahtaju ilaihi al-musafir (الغرر السافر فيما يحتاج إليه المسافر)
References
- 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