At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
The hafiz Shams al-Din Abu al-Khayr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Sakhawi. His origin is Sakha, he was born in Cairo, he was Shafi'i in school, and he settled in the two holy cities. He was born in Rabi al-Awwal 831 AH and died in Medina in 902 AH. 2
Learning
He memorised the Qur'an as a child, and memorised a number of texts, among them "Umdat al-Ahkam", "al-Tanbih", "al-Minhaj" and Ibn Malik's Alfiyya. He excelled in jurisprudence, Arabic, the readings, hadith and history. He took from more than four hundred shaykhs, and attended his teacher Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani most closely. Ibn al-Imad relates that Ibn Hajar said of him that he was "the best of my group". 3
His works
Among his works are "al-Jawahir wa al-Durar" on the life of his teacher Ibn Hajar, "Fath al-Mughith", "al-Daw' al-Lami' li-Ahl al-Qarn al-Tasi'", "al-Maqasid al-Hasana", and al-I'lan bil-Tawbikh. 2 4
Dates
The birth and death dates in the museum's data are conversions derived from the Hijri dates.
Connections
- Taught
- al-Qastallani Shihab al-Din
- Studied under
- شيخ الإسلام ابن حجر العسقلاني
- Authored
- al-I'lan bil-Tawbikh li-man Damma Ashab al-Tarikh
People and things also explored
Fath al-Bari reaches Yemen, 901· Muwatta 11· Muwatta 66· Muwatta 71· Muwatta 292· Muwatta 314· Muwatta 495· Muwatta 544
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 431-432
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p.431-432
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p.431
- Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-sakhawi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.