Jalal al-Din al-Bulqini (Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar)

جلال الدين البلقيني (عبد الرحمن بن عمر)

Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar ibn Ruslan ibn Nusayr ibn Salih, Jalal al-Din, Abu al-Fadl and Abu al-Yaman, a Shafi'i jurist of Asqalani origin, later of Bulqina, who grew up in Cairo and studied fiqh under his father and others in Egypt and Damascus. He excelled in fiqh, usul, grammar, exegesis, rhetoric and eloquence, gave fatwas, taught, and served as judge. His works include glosses on al-Rawda, unfinished notes on al-Minhaj, versified rules of fiqh, and notes on al-Hawi al-Saghir. The header gives his death as 824 AH and his birth as 763 AH. ¹