Ahmad al-Manufi al-Maliki

أحمد المنوفي المالكي

c. 9 January 1516 CE · c. 29 Dhu al-Hijja 921 AH

The model qadi of Minuf — per al-Manawi's Nafa'is, an imam of piety; jurist of Minuf for thirty-three years in which no injustice struck it and 'no widow rose bereaved'; appointed Cairo's qadi but death took him before he could sit; died Friday eve, end of Dhu'l-Hijja 921 1.

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Roles
Jurist · mystic
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Egypt & Nile
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: 'Abd al-Barr Ibn al-Shihna · 'Abd al-Haqq al-Sunbati · 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ziyad, mufti of Zabid · 'Abd Allah al-Fakihi, the grammarian · Abu al-Su'ud Afandi

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Summary

Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn al-Manufi al-Maliki al-Qahiri. Al-Manawi, in his book Nafa'is, describes him as one of the leaders of piety 1.

Thirty-three years in Manuf

He served as judge of the town of Manuf for thirty-three years. No injustice was attributed to him, and he was not elevated by the loss of his child. He was appointed judge of Cairo shortly before his death, but he was not able to act there, and death overtook him. He died on the night of Friday, the last day of Dhu al-Hijja in the year 921 1.

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Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 540
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