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Overview
Ibn Hajar died in Cairo on the night of Saturday 18 Dhu al-Hijja 852, about an hour after the evening prayer (22 February 1449), and was buried at al-Rumayla; his funeral was famously thronged 1 2. His last illness had begun in Dhu al-Qa'da that year, months after the Baybarsiyya khanqah was restored to him and the chief judgeship finally lost; his pupil al-Sakhawi wrote his biography in al-Jawahir wa'l-Durar 2.
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- Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi· شيخ الإسلام ابن حجر العسقلاني
- Occurred at
- Cairo
People and things also explored
Al-Sakhawi first hears hadith from Ibn Hajar, by night with his father, 838/1434· Al-Sakhawi joins Ibn Hajar's dictation circle, 846/1442 until the master's death· Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi· شيخ الإسلام ابن حجر العسقلاني· Cairo· Birth of the hadith master Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani in Cairo, 773/1372· Completion of Fath al-Bari, the commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, 842/1438· The fire that consumed Ibn al-Mulaqqin's library, about 803/1400
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 273
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 810
- Al-Daw' al-Lami' li-Ahl al-Qarn al-Tasi' — al-Sakhawi (Dar al-Jil, Beirut)
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islam.museum contributors. “Death of the hadith master Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani in Cairo, 852/1449”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/death-ibn-hajar-852/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-02.