Name: Al-Suyuti succeeds his father teaching at the mosque of Shaykhu, 867/1463
Location: Cairo

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In 867/1463, hardly eighteen years old, al-Suyuti inherited his father’s position: he taught Shafiʿi law in the mosque of Shaykhu and gave juridical consultations, handling a range of sciences in his fatwas with remarkable brilliance 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 succeeds his father teaching at the mosque of Shaykhu, 867/1463

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Al-Suyuti begins his formal studies, 864/1460