al-Tabbani Jalal al-Din ibn Ahmad

التباني جلال الدين بن أحمد

1391 CE · 793 AH

Scholar of Cairo, named al-Tabbani after his residence outside the city; died 793 AH (1391 CE).

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Scholar
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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-Karim al-Jili · Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi · Abd Allah ibn Miqdad al-Aqfahsi · Abu al-Khayr al-'Ala'i al-Muqaddisi · Abu Tahir al-Khujandi of Medina

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Overview

Jalal al-Din ibn Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Rumi al-Tabbani al-Qahiri, a scholar from Cairo, attributed to al-Tabbani, the place where he lived outside Cairo. He died in 793 AH (1391 CE). 1

His teachers and works need an additional source, and his year of death needs a second source.

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. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Tabbani Jalal al-Din ibn Ahmad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-tabbani-jalal-al-din-ibn-ahmad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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The seven ahruf

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