Zayn al-Din al-Marighi of Medina

Zayn al-Din al-Maraghi, later of Medina, a Shafiʿi. He was born in 728 AH. Abu al-ʿAbbas Ibn al-Shihna gave him a licence, and he was the last person in the world to transmit from him by licence. He was also granted licences by al-Mizzi, al-Barzali and al-Hajjar, and he was the only one to transmit from most of them. Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar compiled forty hadiths for him from forty shaykhs. He kept company with Shaykh Jalal al-Din al-Asnawi. He was appointed judge and preacher of Medina in 809 AH. He wrote a commentary on the jurisprudence handbook "al-Minhaj," abridged the history of Medina, and devoted himself to teaching and transmitting hadith in the Noble Garden (al-Rawda al-Sharifa), until he became its recognised shaykh. He was then removed from the judgeship there, and he was distressed by this. He died in Medina in Dhu al-Hijja ¹.