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Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn Makki ibn Abd al-Samad, Abu Abd Allah al-Umawi al-Dimashqi, known as Ibn al-Wakil: a Shafi'i jurist and usulist who knew the law and its principles well. He heard in Cairo from Ibn Daqiq al-Id and in Damascus from Sharaf al-Din al-Fazari, Ishaq al-Nahhas and his uncle Sadr al-Din; he taught at the shrine of al-Husayn, deputised in judging at Damascus, and was given by al-Nasir the teaching of al-Shamiyya al-Barraniyya. 1 His death is given as 738 AH in the heading. 1
Sources
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8832
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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn al-Wakil (Muhammad ibn Abd Allah, d. 738 AH)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/muhammad-ibn-abd-allah-ibn-al-wakil/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.