Zain al-Din al-Iraqi (1325-1403) was an Egyptian-Kurdish Islamic scholar of the Mamluk period, a jurist of the Shafii school and adherent of Ashari theology, described by contemporaries as the greatest hadith scholar of his age. He served as judge and prayer leader at the Prophet Mosque in Medina and later as judge in Mecca, and revived the practice of public hadith dictation, delivering 416 sessions over eleven years largely from memory. His best known work is the Alfiyya of al-Iraqi, a poem on hadith methodology, and his students included Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani.
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RoleKurdish Islamic scholar 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction Place of Death Classification
Field of LawIslamic Law (Sharia and Fiqh) 1 Connections
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He is widely described by contemporaries as "the greatest hadith scholar in his age".
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Ibrāhīm al-Kurdī al-Miṣrī al-Rāzinānī al-Mihrānī al-Irāqī al-Atharī al-Shāfiʿī Arabic: عبد الرحيم بن حسين بن عبد الرحمن بن إبراهيم بن أبي بكر بن إبراهيم الكردي المصري الرازناني المهراني العراقي الأثري الشافعي, commonly known as Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi (Arabic: زين الدين العراقي or shortly Al-Ḥāfiẓ al-ʿIrāqī (Arabic: ابن الملقن; 725-806 AH/ 1325-1403 CE) was an Egyptian-Kurdish Islamic scholar. He is widely described by contemporaries as "the greatest hadith scholar in his age".
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Ibrāhīm al-Kurdī al-Miṣrī al-Rāzinānī al-Mihrānī al-Irāqī al-Atharī al-Shāfiʿī Arabic: عبد الرحيم بن حسين بن عبد الرحمن بن إبراهيم بن أبي بكر بن إبراهيم الكردي المصري الرازناني المهراني العراقي الأثري الشافعي, commonly known as Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi (Arabic: زين الدين العراقي or shortly Al-Ḥāfiẓ al-ʿIrāqī (Arabic: ابن الملقن; 725-806 AH/ 1325-1403 CE) was an Egyptian-Kurdish Islamic scholar.
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Meanwhile, he also trained himself in jurisprudence (fiqh), legal theory (uṣūl al-fiqh), and Quranic exegesis (tafsīr).
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al-Din al-'Iraqi (Arabic: زين الدين العراقي or shortly Al-Ḥāfiẓ al-ʿIrāqī (Arabic: ابن الملقن; 725-806 AH/ 1325-1403 CE) was an Egyptian-Kurdish Islamic scholar.
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Wikidata Q4664581, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1325
Wikidata Q4664581, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Cairo
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