Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Qamuli

أحمد بن محمد القَمُولي

653 AH – 727 AH

Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi al-Hazm, Najm al-Din Abu al-Abbas al-Qurashi al-Makhzumi al-Qamuli al-Shafi'i, named after Qamula in Upper Egypt. 1 He was an imam in fiqh, knowledgeable in usul and Arabic, deputised in judgement in Egypt, and held the hisba, teaching and judgeship in several cities. 1 His works include al-Bahr al-muhit, a commentary on al-Ghazali's al-Wasit, Jawahir al-bahr, al-Rawd al-zahir, Mawdih al-tariq, a commentary on Ibn al-Hajib's al-Kafiya, and a completion of Ibn al-Khatib's tafsir. 1

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Roles
Jurist · Scholar · writer
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Egypt & Nile
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Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi al-Hazm, Najm al-Din Abu al-Abbas al-Qurashi al-Makhzumi al-Qamuli al-Shafi'i, named after Qamula in Upper Egypt. 1 He was an imam in fiqh, knowledgeable in usul and Arabic, deputised in judgement in Egypt, and held the hisba, teaching and judgeship in several cities. 1 His works include al-Bahr al-muhit, a commentary on al-Ghazali's al-Wasit, Jawahir al-bahr, al-Rawd al-zahir, Mawdih al-tariq, a commentary on Ibn al-Hajib's al-Kafiya, and a completion of Ibn al-Khatib's tafsir. 1

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.14964
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