Ahmad ibn Husayn ibn Rislan

أحمد بن حسين بن رسلان

Ahmad ibn Husayn ibn Rislan, Abu al-Abbas al-Ramli al-Shafi'i (d. 844 AH), a Shafi'i jurist born in Ramla in Palestine who moved to Jerusalem, where he died. He kept to issuing fatwas and teaching, and Qadi al-Qudat al-Ba'uni authorised him to issue fatwas. 1

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Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Scripture and its sciences

Overview

Ahmad ibn Husayn ibn Rislan, a Shafi'i jurist of Ramla who died in Jerusalem (d. 844 AH). 1

Works

His works include Safwat al-zubad, a versified fiqh, commentaries on Abu Dawud and al-Bukhari, and a commentary on Minhaj al-wusul in usul. 1

People and things also explored

The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an· Bid'a (religious innovation)

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.3479
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The seven ahruf

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