At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · Jurist · teacher
- Counted among
- Sunni (Shafi'i)
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Scripture and its sciencesLinguistics
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
- JuristTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Yusuf al-Ashmuni al-Qahiri, a Shafi'i jurist of Cairo. 1
His learning
The "Encyclopaedia of Notable Scholars and Men of Letters" says that he memorised al-Nawawi's "al-Minhaj", al-Subki's "Jam' al-Jawami'", and Ibn Malik's "al-Khulasa al-Alfiyya". He took from a number of the shaykhs of his age. 1
His dates
The encyclopaedia estimates his birth around 1435 CE and his death around 1524 CE. 1
Notes for researchers
- The encyclopaedia is a secondary reference and the dates are approximate; they need an additional source.
People and things also explored
Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali, Zalim ibn Amr· 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
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ali ibn Muhammad al-Ashmuni”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ali-ibn-muhammad-al-ashmuni/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.