Abd al-Rahman al-Sharbini

عبد الرحمن الشربيني

Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Sharbini, a Cairo Shafi'i jurist, usuli and rhetorician, who also worked in some other fields. He was shaykh of al-Azhar mosque in the years 1322-1324 AH and died in Cairo. His works include Hashiyat Bahja on Shafi'i positive law, Taqrir on Jam' al-jawami' in the roots of law, and Fayd al-miftah, a gloss on the commentary of Talkhis al-miftah in rhetoric ¹. The book gives his death as 1326 AH.