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Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn al-Zayn Aḥmad ibn al-Jamāl Muḥammad ibn al-Ṣafī Muḥammad ibn al-Majd Ḥusayn ibn al-Tāj ʿAlī ibn Maymūn al-Qasṭalānī (), also known as Al-Qasṭallānī was a Sunni Islamic scholar who specialized in hadith and theology. He owed his literary fame mainly to his exhaustive commentary on the Sahih al-Bukhari entitled Irshād al-Sarī fī Sharḥ al-Bukhārī.

Key facts

Religious biography.religion
Islam
Religious biography.era
Medieval era
Religious biography.image
Al-Aini school.jpg
Religious biography.caption
Madrasah of Al-Ainy, where Al-Qastallani is buried.
Religious biography.name
Ahmad ibn Muhammad Al-Qastallani
Religious biography.birth_date
12 Dhu al-Qadah 851 AH / 19 January 1448 CE
Religious biography.death_date
8 Muharram 923 AH / 31 January 1517 CE
Religious biography.denomination
Sunni
Religious biography.creed
Ash'ari
Religious biography.jurisprudence
Shafi'i
Religious biography.notable_works
Irshad al-Sari
Religious biography.spouse
'A'isha al-Ba'uniyya
Religious biography.death_cause
Stroke
Religious biography.resting_place
Madrasah of Al-Ainy

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Ahmad
Gender
male
Place of birth
Cairo
Place of death
Cairo
Occupation
historian
Languages spoken
Arabic
Native language
Arabic
Religion
Islam
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date of birth
1448-01-18
date of death
1517-01-30
name in native language
أحمد بن مُحمَّد بن أبي بكر بن عبد الملك بن أحمد بن حُسين بن علي القَسْطَلّاني المصري
nickname
شهاب الدين
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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections
Contents
  • Lineage
  • Biography
  • Family
  • Argument with Al-Suyuti
  • His illness
  • Works
  • Works on Qira'ats and Tajwid
  • Works on Hadith and its Sciences
  • Works on the Prophetic Biography
  • Works on Biographies
  • Works on Jurisprudence
  • Works on Preaching and Admonition
  • Scientific Works
  • Literary Works
  • Death
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn al-Zayn Aḥmad ibn al-Jamāl Muḥammad ibn al-Ṣafī Muḥammad ibn al-Majd Ḥusayn ibn al-Tāj ʿAlī ibn Maymūn al-Qasṭalānī (), also known as Al-Qasṭallānī was a Sunni Islamic scholar who specialized in hadith and theology. He owed his literary fame mainly to his exhaustive commentary on the Sahih al-Bukhari entitled Irshād al-Sarī fī Sharḥ al-Bukhārī.

== Lineage == There are different opinion about his Nisba. The attribution al-Qastallani may refer to: A region in Ifriqiya, present day Tunisia – west of Gafsa A town in Andalusia, many genealogists trace it specifically to Tozeur, the most important city of , suggesting that the intended location is in Ifriqiya.

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