Ismail ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Hadi al-Ajluni, al-Jarrahi

إسماعيل بن محمد بن عبد الهادي العجلوني، الجراحي

Ismail ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Hadi ibn Abd al-Ghani, Abu al-Fida, a Shafi'i known as al-Ajluni or al-Jarrahi after Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah (may God be pleased with him). Born in Ajlun, raised and died in Damascus, a brilliant, good and useful scholar of hadith and Arabic, who taught in the Umayyad Mosque. His works include 'Kashf al-khafa'' on the sayings widely spread as hadith, and 'al-Ajwiba al-muhaqqaqa'. He lived from 1078 to 1162 AH. 1 2

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Sunni
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Summary

Ismail ibn Muhammad al-Ajluni, Abu al-Fida, a Shafi'i known as al-Jarrahi, born in Ajlun, raised and died in Damascus. 1

Works

A brilliant hadith scholar who taught in the Umayyad Mosque; his works include 'Kashf al-khafa'' and 'al-Ajwiba al-muhaqqaqa'. 2

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.2065
  2. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.2066
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