Shams al-Din al-Ramli

Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Ḥamza al-Manūfī al-Miṣrī al-Anṣārī S̲h̲ams al-Dīn(Arabic: شمس الدين الرملي; 1513 – 13 January 1596 CE) also known as Shams al-Din al-Ramli was an Egyptian Sunni scholar, known as the leading Shafi'i jurist and muhaddith in his era.^[3][4] He was considered the tenth century renewer of Islam and nicknamed the "little Shafi'i".^[5] He was the son of scholar Shihab al-Din al-Ramli.^[6]

Shams al-Din al-Ramli شمس الدين الرملي
Title	Shaykh al-Islām[1] Shams al-Din Al-Ḥāfiẓ
Personal life
Born	1513 Ramla, Mamluk Sultanate
Died	Cairo, Ottoman Empire January 13, 1596(1596-01-13) (aged 82–83)
Region	Egypt
Main interest(s)	Fiqh, Hadith
Alma mater	Al-Azhar University
Occupation	Muhaddith, Scholar, Muslim Jurist
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Shafi'i
Creed	Ash'ari[2]
Muslim leader
Influenced by Al-Shafi'i Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari Shihab al-Din al-Ramli Zakariyya al-Ansari Al-Khatib al-Shirbini
Influenced Al-Munawi Ala al-Din al-Babili

Biography

Shams al-Din was born in Ramla in the year 1513. His father was a jurist and mufti who taught him. He also studied under Zakariyya al-Ansari and Al-Khatib al-Shirbini in Al-Azhar University. After completing his studies, Shams al-Din became the chief Mufti in Egypt, the same position his father had held before him.^[7] Upon his father's death, Shams al-Dīn took over his teaching position in the Al-Azhar university. He also taught in the Khashshabiyya and Sharifiyya.^[8] Shams al-Din's notable students include Al-Munawi and Ala al-Din al-Babili.^[9][10] He died in Cairo at the date of 13 January 1596.

Works

• Nihayat al-Muhtaj Sharj al-Minhaj, a popular commentary on Al-Nawawi's Minhaj al-Talibin.
• Ghayat al-Bayan, a popular commentary on Ibn Ruslān's 'zubād'.
• Al-Gharar Al-Bahiya, a popular commentary on al-Nawawī's ‘idāh fī manāsik al-hajj’.
• Umdat Al-Rabeh
• A commentary on Shaykh al-Islam's (Zakariyya al-Ansārī) ‘tahrīr'.
• A collection of Fatwa by his father

See also

• List of Ash'aris