Ali ibn Muhammad al-Manufi al-Shadhili

علي بن محمد المنوفي

Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalaf, Nur al-Din, Abu al-Hasan, al-Manufi of Egypt, known as al-Shadhili, a Maliki jurist and scholar. He studied with al-Nur al-Sanhuri, in whose school he learned law, and with al-Shihab ibn al-Aqta', Umar al-Tha'nai and al-Suyuti. The book gives 939 AH as his death year. His works include 'Umdat al-salik, Tuhfat al-musalli, Ghayat al-amani (a commentary on the treatise of Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani), Kifayat al-talib al-rabbani and Shifa' al-'alil fi lughat Khalil. 1

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Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni (Maliki)
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Egypt & Nile
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Summary

Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalaf, Nur al-Din, Abu al-Hasan, al-Manufi of Egypt, known as al-Shadhili, a Maliki jurist and scholar. He studied with al-Nur al-Sanhuri, in whose school he learned law, and with al-Shihab ibn al-Aqta', Umar al-Tha'nai and al-Suyuti. The book gives 939 AH as his death year. His works include 'Umdat al-salik, Tuhfat al-musalli, Ghayat al-amani (a commentary on the treatise of Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani), Kifayat al-talib al-rabbani and Shifa' al-'alil fi lughat Khalil. 1

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.15420
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