At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
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Overview
Probably in 888/1483 al-Suyuti declared that he had reached the rank of mujtahid mutlaq muntasib, exercising ijtihad within the method of the Shafiʿi imam, and affirmed that his ijtihad extended beyond the revealed law to hadith and the Arabic language. The claim aroused a real fitna among his contemporaries, chief among them the traditionist Muhammad al-Sakhawi 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti
- Occurred at
- Cairo
- During the reign of
- al-Mutawakkil ala Allah II, Abd al-Aziz ibn Ya'qub
People and things also explored
Al-Suyuti takes charge of the Baybarsiyya and begins to withdraw, 891/1486· Al-Suyuti announces himself as the renewer of the ninth century, c. 898/1492· Al-Suyuti named 'supreme qadi' by the caliph, then the nomination is retracted, 902/1496· Cairo· Al-Suyuti begins his formal studies, 864/1460· Death of al-Suyuti’s father, 855/1451· Al-Suyuti revives hadith dictation at the mosque of Ibn Tulun, 872/1467· Al-Suyuti’s complete retreat to Rawda island, 906/1501
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 9 p. 914
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Suyuti declares himself a mujtahid, c. 888/1483”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/al-suyuti-ijtihad-claim-888/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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