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- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
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Overview
Ibn Hajar opened his hadith lectures at the Shaykhuniyya college in Shawwal 808 (March 1406); he later taught at the renovated Jamaliyya from its opening in Rajab 811 (November 1408) and at the Mankutimuriyya from Jumada II 812 (October 1409). He also held the mufti's seat in the Dar al-Adl from 811 until his death and served as associate preacher and imam at al-Azhar and the Mosque of Amr 1 2.
Connections
- Had participant
- شيخ الإسلام ابن حجر العسقلاني
- Occurred at
- Cairo
People and things also explored
Completion of Fath al-Bari, the commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, 842/1438· Ibn Hajar installed as head of the Baybarsiyya khanqah, 813/1410· Ibn Hajar devotes himself entirely to hadith, 796/1393· Ibn Hajar completes the draft of Ta'liq al-Ta'liq, 804/1401· 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· Birth of the hadith master Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani in Cairo, 773/1372· Death of the hadith master Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani in Cairo, 852/1449
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 809
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 810
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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Hajar begins hadith lectures at the Shaykhuniyya, 808/1406”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ibn-hajar-shaykhuniyya-808/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.