Hamza ibn Ahmad al-Husayni

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Hamza ibn Ahmad ibn 'Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-'Abbas al-Husayni of Damascus, a Shafi'i jurist, historian and memoriser who learned the Quran and al-Tanbih by heart and studied law under Ibn Qadi Shuhba; a modest and well-read man. His works include a commentary on al-Nawawi's edition of al-Tanbih, Baqaya al-Khabaya (a supplement to al-Zarkashi's Khabaya al-Zawaya on Shafi'i law) and a book on the merits of Jerusalem. The source gives his dates as 818 to 874 AH. 1

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Hamza ibn Ahmad ibn 'Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-'Abbas al-Husayni of Damascus, a Shafi'i jurist, historian and memoriser. 1

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He learned the Quran and al-Tanbih by heart and studied law under Ibn Qadi Shuhba; he was a modest and well-read man. His works include a commentary on al-Nawawi's edition of al-Tanbih, Baqaya al-Khabaya, a supplement to al-Zarkashi's Khabaya al-Zawaya on Shafi'i law, and a book on the merits of Jerusalem. 1

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  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.10354
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