Umar ibn Ahmad al-Nasha'i (Izz al-Din)

عمر بن أحمد النشائي

Izz al-Din Abu Hafs Umar ibn Ahmad ibn Ahmad ibn Mahdi al-Mudliji al-Nasha'i al-Misri, a Shafi'i jurist. ¹ Al-Isnawi described him as an accomplished imam in fiqh, grammar and the mathematical sciences, a verifying scholar of usul, pious and ascetic; he heard from a number of teachers, taught at al-Fadiliyya and al-Hakkariyya, and many benefited from him. ¹ He wrote fine, useful critical notes on al-Wasit in two volumes, left incomplete. ¹ His son Ahmad Kamal al-Din Abu al-Abbas al-Nasha'i, born in Dhu al-Qa'da 691 AH, was likewise among the great Shafi'i scholars and wrote useful, comprehensive, polished works including al-Muntaqa, Jami' al-mukhtasarat and Nukat al-tanbih. ¹ The cited source is al-Subki's Tabaqat al-shafi'iyya al-kubra. ¹ The heading prints two figures in the form "716-2 AH"; the digits are not fully clear in the scan so no date is stated here.