Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, al-Sadr al-Shahid

عمر بن عبد العزيز الصدر الشهيد

1090 CE · 483 AH† – 1141 CE · 535 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

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Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Umar ibn Mazza, Abu Muhammad, Husam al-Din, the Hanafi known as al-Sadr al-Shahid, a jurist and usuli, one of the great Hanafis. He studied with his father Burhan al-Din al-Kabir Abd al-Aziz, debated with scholars and taught jurists; rulers took his opinion, and he died a martyr. His works include al-Fatawa al-Kubra, al-Fatawa al-Saghra, Umdat al-Mufti wa-al-Mustafti, a commentary on the Adab al-Qadi of al-Khassaf, a commentary on the Jami' al-Saghir, and al-Waqi'at al-Hisamiyya. The heading reads 436-483 AH; this reading is to be checked on the page image. ^{1 2}