ابن عوف الزهري

ابن عوف الزهري

c. November 1185 CE · Sha'ban 581 AH

Nadir al-Islam Abu al-Tahir Isma'il b. Makki Ibn Auf al-Zuhri al-Iskandarani the Maliki, shaykh of Alexandria; trained under Abu Bakr al-Turtushi, heard from him and from Abu Abdallah al-Razi, excelled in the madhhab and taught its scholars — Salah al-Din himself sought him out and heard the Muwatta from him. He died in Sha'ban 581 at ninety-six, on the same day as Imam al-Suhayli 1.

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Scholar
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Egypt & Nile
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Summary

Nadir al-Islam Abu'l-Tahir Isma'il ibn Makki ibn Isma'il ibn 'Awf al-Zuhri, Maliki shaykh of Alexandria; he took fiqh from Abu Bakr al-Turtushi and heard from him and from Abu 'Abdallah al-Razi, excelled in the madhhab and produced students, and Sultan Salah al-Din sought him out and heard the Muwatta' from him; he died in Sha'ban 581 at ninety-six — on the very day the imam al-Suhayli died. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 748, 752
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