At a glance
- Roles
- faqih · teacher
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Summary
Abu'l-Fadl Ahmad ibn the great shaykh Kamal al-Din Abu'l-Fath Musa ibn Shaykh Radi al-Din Abu'l-Fadl Yunus ibn Man'a — Irbili by origin — Shafi'i jurist. He wrote a fine commentary on the Tanbih in fiqh and abridged the Ihya' 'ulum al-din twice, in a large and a small epitome. He held the teaching post at al-Malik al-Mu'azzam's madrasa at Irbil from early Shawwal 610, then moved to Mosul in 617 and the Qahiriyya madrasa was entrusted to him. 1
On him
Ibn Khallikan said: I used to attend his lesson as a boy, and I never saw anyone deliver lessons like him — he was among the ornaments of existence. 1
Career
These posts have no recorded dates, so they are listed here in words.
- Jurist (faqih) · Also held · Undated
- Teacher (mu'allim / mudarris) · Also held · Undated
Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Sharaf al-Din ibn Man'a”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sharaf-al-din-ibn-mana/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.