Shams al-Din al-Ramli

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Shams al-Din al-Ramli
شمس الدين الرملي
TitleShaykh al-Islām[1]
Shams al-Din
Al-Ḥāfiẓ
Personal
Born1513
Ramla, Mamluk Sultanate
DiedCairo, Ottoman Empire
1596 (aged 82–83)
ReligionIslam
RegionEgypt
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedAsh'ari[2]
Main interest(s)Fiqh, Hadith
Alma materAl-Azhar University
OccupationMuhaddith, Scholar, Muslim Jurist
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Influenced

Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Ḥamza al-Manūfī al-Miṣrī al-Anṣārī S̲h̲ams al-Dīn(Arabic: شمس الدين الرملي) also known as Shams al-Din al-Ramli (d. 957 AH / 1550 CE) was an Egyptian Sunni scholar, known as the leading Shafi'i jurist and muhaddith in his era.[3][4] He was considered the tenth century renewer of Islam and nicknamed the "little Shafi'i".[5] He was the son of scholar Shihab al-Din al-Ramli.[6]

Biography[edit]

Shams al-Din was born in Ramla in the year 1513. His father was a jurist and mufti who taught him. He also studied under Zakariyya al-Ansari and Al-Khatib al-Shirbini in Al-Azhar University. After completing his studies, Shams al-Din became the chief Mufti in Egypt, the same position his father had held before him.[7] Upon his father's death, Shams al-Dīn took over his teaching position in the Al-Azhar university. He also taught in the Khashshabiyya and Sharifiyya.[8] Shams al-Din's notable students include Al-Munawi and Ala al-Din al-Babili.[9][10] He died in Cairo at the date of 13 January 1596.

Works[edit]

  • Nihayat al-Muhtaj Sharj al-Minhaj, a popular commentary on Al-Nawawi's Minhaj al-Talibin.
  • Ghayat al-Bayan, a popular commentary on Ibn Ruslān's 'zubād'.
  • Al-Gharar Al-Bahiya, a popular commentary on al-Nawawī's ‘idāh fī manāsik al-hajj’.
  • Umdat Al-Rabeh
  • A commentary on Shaykh al-Islam's (Zakariyya al-Ansārī) ‘tahrīr'.
  • A collection of Fatwa by his father

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ IslamKotob. "The softness of summer and the harvest of fruits from the biographies of notables of the first class of the eleventh century 2 - لطف السمر و قطف الثمر من تراجم أعيان الطبقة الأولى من القرن الحادي عشر 2)". p. 78.
  2. ^ Near East/North Africa Report Issue 2225. United States Joint Publications Research Service. p. 5.
  3. ^ Azra, Azyumardi (2006). Islam in the Indonesian World An Account of Institutional Formation. Mizan. p. 196. ISBN 9789794334300.
  4. ^ A, Zysow (16 May 2023). "al-Ramlī". Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_6216. ISBN 9789004161214.
  5. ^ Khan, I. K. (2006). Islam in Modern Asia. MD Publications. p. 87. ISBN 9788175330948.
  6. ^ Loimeier, Roman (15 June 2009). Between Social Skills and Marketable Skills The Politics of Islamic Education in 20th Century Zanzibar. Brill. p. 183. ISBN 9789047428862.
  7. ^ Spevack, Aaron (9 September 2014). The Archetypal Sunni Scholar Law, Theology, and Mysticism in the Synthesis of Al-Bajuri. State University of New York Press. p. 78. ISBN 9781438453729.
  8. ^ Hamilton Alexander, Rosskeen Gibb (1960). The Encyclopaedia of Islam. Brill. p. 425. ISBN 9789047428862.
  9. ^ "Scholar Of Renown: Shams Al Din Al Ramli". quranwahadith.com.
  10. ^ Azra, Azyumardi (22 February 2022). The Origins of Islamic Reformism in Southeast Asia Networks of Malay-Indonesian and Middle Eastern 'Ulamā' in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Brill. p. 21. ISBN 9789004488199.
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