Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi was a Sunni Islamic scholar of Sanhaja Berber origin who lived in Ayyubid and Mamluk Egypt. He is widely regarded as the foremost Maliki jurisconsult and legal theoretician of his time, also skilled in scriptural exegesis, theology, grammar and other sciences. Contemporaries counted him among the three best scholars in Egypt, alongside Ibn al-Munayyir and Ibn Daqiq al-Id, and the scholar al-Suyuti listed him among those who reached the rank of mujtahid mutlaq, a jurist qualified to derive independent legal rulings.
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Field of LawIslamic Law (Sharia and Fiqh) 1 RoleSunni Islamic scholar of Sanhaja Berber origin 1 Place of Death Role
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1. Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIntroduction, gender
He is widely regarded as the foremost Maliki juristconsult and legal theoretician of his time.
Introduction, role
Shihāb al-Dīn Abu ’l-Abbās Aḥmad ibn Abi ’l-ʿAlāʾ Idrīs ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yallīn al-Ṣanhājī al-Ṣaʿīdī al-Bahfashīmī al-Būshī al-Bahnasī al-Miṣrī al-Mālikī, was a Sunni Islamic scholar of Sanhaja Berber origin who lived in Ayyubid and Mamluk Egypt.
Full article, field of law
He was the first to add the maqsad of 'ird/honour to the already recognized five Maqasid of Islamic Law.
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi
Wikidata Q7496464, P20 place of death claimQuote, Wikidata Q7496464, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Cairo
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