Region: | Shanawan |
Nationality: | Egypt |
Shihab al-Din al-Khafaji Arabic: شهاب الدين الخفاجي | |
Shihab al-Din Ahmad b. Muhammad b. 'Umar al-Khafaji | |
Birth Date: | 977 A.H. = 1569 A.D. |
Death Date: | 1069 A.H. = 1659 A.D. |
Religion: | Islam |
Denomination: | Sunni |
Jurisprudence: | Hanafi, also studied Shafi'i jurisprudence |
Creed: | Maturidi[1] |
Main Interests: | Aqidah, Kalam (Islamic theology), Tawhid, Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), Usul al-Fiqh, Usul al-Din, Hadith studies, Tafsir, Logic, Philosophy, Arabic prosody, Arabic grammar, Arabic literature, Rhetoric, Poetry, Mathematics, Medicine |
Notable Works: | Commentary on Tafsir al-Baydawi, Nasim al-Riyad fi Sharh Shifa' al-Qadi 'Iyad |
Influences: | Abu Hanifa Shams al-Din al-Ramli Al-Qadi 'Iyad Al-Baydawi Taqi al-Din al-Subki |
Influenced: | 'Abd al-Qadir ibn 'Umar al-Baghdadi Muhammad Amin al-Muhibbi |
Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Umar al-Khafaji (Arabic: شهاب الدين أحمد بن محمد بن عمر الخفاجي) an Egyptian Hanafi-Maturidi scholar and poet who spent some time in Istanbul and while there was appointed Qadi al-Qudah (chief judge) of Egypt.[2] [3] [4]
Among his well-known writings are: