Name: Al-Suyuti revives hadith dictation at the mosque of Ibn Tulun, 872/1467
Location: Cairo

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In 872/1467 al-Suyuti took up again the tradition of dictating hadith (imlaʿ) in the mosque of Ibn Tulun, where his father had been a preacher; the practice had lapsed some twenty years earlier at the death of Ibn Hajar al-ʿAsqalani ¹.

Al-Suyuti begins his formal studies, 864/1460

Al-Suyuti began his formal study of the religious sciences in Rabiʿ I 864; he had already finished the Qur’an before the age of eight, then memorised ʿUmdat al-Ahkam, al-Nawawi’s Minhaj, Ibn Malik’s Alfiyya and al-Baydawi’s Minhaj and presented them to the scholars of his day, who licensed him. From Shawwal 865 he attended the lessons of ʿAlam al-Din al-Bulqini, kept to Sharaf al-Din al-Munawi until the latter’s death, and read with al-Mahalli and al-Sirami among others.

Al-Suyuti revives hadith dictation at the mosque of Ibn Tulun, 872/1467

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Al-Suyuti begins his formal studies, 864/1460