al-Suyuti
Egyptian Islamic scholar (1445–1505) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (Arabic: جلال الدين السيوطي, romanized: Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī; c. 1445–1505),[8][lower-alpha 1] or al-Suyuti, was an Egyptian Sunni Muslim polymath of Persian descent.[9][10] Considered the mujtahid and mujaddid of the Islamic 10th century,[11] he was a leading muhaddith (hadith master), mufassir (Qu'ran exegete), faqīh (jurist), usuli (legal theorist), sufi (mystic), theologian, grammarian, linguist, rhetorician, philologist, lexicographer and historian, who authored works in virtually every Islamic science.[12][13][14] For this reason, he was honoured one of the most prestigious and rarest titles: Shaykh al-Islām.[15]
Al-Suyuti | |
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السيوطي | |
Title | Shaykh al-Islām[1] Jalal al-Din Al-Ḥāfiẓ |
Personal | |
Born | 3 October 1445 CE / 1 Rajab 849 AH |
Died | 18 October 1505 CE / 19 Jumadi Ula 911 AH |
Religion | Islam |
Region | Egypt |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Shafi'i[2][3] |
Creed | Ash'ari[4][5][6] |
Main interest(s) | Aqidah, Sharia, Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, Hadith, Usul al-Hadith, Tafsir, Arabic grammar, Arabic Literature, Rhetoric, Philology, lexicography, Seerah, History, Mathematics, Medicine |
Notable work(s) | Tafsir al-Jalalayn, Al-Dur al-Manthur, Al-Itqan fi 'Ulum al-Qur'an [ar], Al-Jami' al-Saghir, Tanbih al-Ghabi bi-Tabri'at Ibn 'Arabi |
Tariqa | Shadhiliyya |
Muslim leader | |
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Arabic name | |
Personal (Ism) | 'Abd al-Raḥmān |
Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn Abī Bakr ibn Muḥammad |
Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū al-Faḍl |
Epithet (Laqab) | Jalāl al-Dīn |
Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Suyūṭī, al-Khuḍayrī, al-Shāfi'ī |
He was described as one of the most prolific writers of the Middle Ages and is recognized today as one of the most prolific authors of all Islamic literature. Al-Suyuti wrote approximately one thousand works.[16] His biographical dictionary Bughyat al-Wuʻāh fī Ṭabaqāt al-Lughawīyīn wa-al-Nuḥāh contains valuable accounts of prominent figures in the early development of Arabic philology. He was also in his time the leading authority of the Shafi'i school of thought (madhhab).[17]