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Ibn Suraqa

ابن سُرَاقة

Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad, Abu Bakr al-Ansari al-Shatibi al-Misri (d. 662 AH), a hadith scholar, jurist, expert in inheritance and poet, and head of the Kamiliyya hadith school in Cairo. Among his works are al-Hiyal al-shar'iyya and a commentary on al-Kafi on inheritance. 1

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At a glance

Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Egypt & Nile
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Scripture and its sciences

Overview

Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Suraqa, a hadith scholar, jurist and expert in inheritance of Cairo (d. 662 AH), head of the Kamiliyya school. 1

Works

His works include al-Hiyal al-shar'iyya, on I'jaz al-Qur'an, and a commentary on al-Kafi on inheritance. 1

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. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.3479
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The seven ahruf

The Prophet's saying 'the Qur'an was revealed in seven ahruf, so read of it what is easy' — narrated through Umar's dispute with Hisham ibn Hakim over Surat al-Furqan; its exact meaning is one of the widest debates in Qur'anic sciences.