At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Development of law, theology and institutions
Place in the story
- JuristTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu al-Safa Salah al-Din Khalil ibn Muhammad al-Aqfahsi, an Egyptian Shafi'i jurist, known as al-Ashqar. He is of the twenty-fourth class in al-Suyuti's biographies. 1
Dates
He was born around 763 AH, approximately, and died in 820 AH. Both dates need an additional source. 1
People and things also explored
Biting and the liability for injury it causes (add)· Justice and uprightness (adl)· Contagion (adwa)· Pardon (afw) in purity, worship, contracts and penalties· Covenant (ahd) and the duty to keep it; oath by the covenant of God· Term, deadline (ajal)· Hired worker (ajir)· Stranger, outsider (ajnabi)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu al-Safa Salah al-Din Khalil al-Aqfahsi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/khalil-ibn-muhammad-al-aqfahsi-abu-al-safa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.