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Al-Nawawi
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Also known as Muḥyī l-Dīn Abū Zakariyyāʾ Yaḥyā b. Sharaf al-Nawawī, Abu Zakarija’ Jaḥja’ An-Nawawi, Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi

Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi () (October 1233 – 21 December 1277) was a Sunni Shafi'ite jurist and hadith scholar. Al-Nawawi died at the relatively early age of 45. Despite this, he authored numerous and lengthy works ranging from hadith, to theology, biography, and jurisprudence that are still read to this day. Al-Nawawi, along with Abu al-Qasim al-Rafi'i, are leading jurists of the earlier classical age, known by the Shafi'i school as the Two Shaykhs (al-Shaykhayn).

Key facts

Muslim scholar.name
Yaḥyā ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī
Muslim scholar.religion
Islam
Muslim scholar.title
Shaykh ul-IslamQutb al-Awliya'al-ShaykhaynAl-Ḥāfiẓ
Muslim scholar.birth_date
Muharram 631 AH / October 1233
Muslim scholar.birth_place
Nawa, Ayyubid Sultanate
Muslim scholar.death_date
24 Rajab 676 AH / 21 December 1277 (age 45)
Muslim scholar.death_place
Nawa, Mamluk Sultanate
Muslim scholar.resting_place
Nawa, present Syria
Muslim scholar.occupation
Historiographer, bibliographer, scholar, jurist.
Muslim scholar.denomination
Sunni
Muslim scholar.school
Shafi'i
Muslim scholar.creed
Ash'ari
Muslim scholar.main_interests
Fiqh, Usul, Hadith, Mantiq
Muslim scholar.influences
Al-Shafi'iAbu al-Hasan al-Ash'ariAl-GhazaliIbn AsakirAbu al-Qasim al-Rafi'i
Arabic name.embed
yes
Arabic name.ism
Yaḥyā
Arabic name.ism ar
يَحْيَىٰ
Arabic name.nasab
Ibn Sharaf ibn Murī ibn Ḥasan ibn Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn Jumʿa ibn Hizam

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Nawa
Place of death
Nawa
Occupation
ulema
Languages spoken
Arabic
Religion
Islam
Field of work
hadith
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name in native language
يحيى بن شرف الحزامي النووي الشافعي
date of death
1278-12-22
ethnic group
Arabs
Commons category
Al-Nawawi
date of birth
1233-10-00
nickname
شيخ الشافعية
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Commons Creator page
An-Nawawi
honorific prefix
Sheikh-ul-Islam
madhhab
Shafi'i
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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections
Contents
  • Early life
  • Life as a scholar
  • Notable teachers
  • Creed
  • Relationship with Baybars
  • Death and legacy
  • Destruction of tomb
  • Works
  • Recent English language editions
  • Minhaj al-Talibin
  • The Forty Hadith
  • Riyad al-Salihin
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi () (October 1233 – 21 December 1277) was a Sunni Shafi'ite jurist and hadith scholar. Al-Nawawi died at the relatively early age of 45. Despite this, he authored numerous and lengthy works ranging from hadith, to theology, biography, and jurisprudence that are still read to this day. Al-Nawawi, along with Abu al-Qasim al-Rafi'i, are leading jurists of the earlier classical age, known by the Shafi'i school as the Two Shaykhs (al-Shaykhayn).

==Early life==

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