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 In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Egypt, nationality there.
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1. Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIntroduction, gender
He is widely described by contemporaries as "the greatest hadith scholar in his age".
Introduction, nationality
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.
Introduction, role
Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi (Arabic: زين الدين العراقي or shortly Al-Ḥāfiẓ al-ʿIrāqī was an Egyptian-Kurdish Islamic scholar.
Full article, field of law
Meanwhile, he also trained himself in jurisprudence (fiqh), legal theory (uṣūl al-fiqh), and Quranic exegesis (tafsīr).
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi
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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