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Overview
Shihab al-Din Abu al-Fadl Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad, known as Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, was born in Cairo on 12 Sha'ban 773 1; the Encyclopaedia of Islam gives 22 Sha'ban 773, corresponding to 28 February 1372. Family tradition traced his nisba al-Asqalani to 587/1191, when Saladin ordered Ascalon destroyed and its Muslim inhabitants resettled; his forebears moved to Alexandria and then to Cairo 2.
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- Had participant
- شيخ الإسلام ابن حجر العسقلاني
- Occurred at
- Cairo
People and things also explored
Al-Sakhawi first hears hadith from Ibn Hajar, by night with his father, 838/1434· Al-Sakhawi joins Ibn Hajar's dictation circle, 846/1442 until the master's death· Death of the hadith master Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani in Cairo, 852/1449· Completion of Fath al-Bari, the commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, 842/1438· The fire that consumed Ibn al-Mulaqqin's library, about 803/1400· Ibn Hajar installed as head of the Baybarsiyya khanqah, 813/1410· Ibn Hajar devotes himself entirely to hadith, 796/1393· Ibn Hajar's marriage to Uns Khatun, 798/1396
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 270
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 808
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islam.museum contributors. “Birth of the hadith master Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani in Cairo, 773/1372”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/birth-ibn-hajar-773/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.