Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · Jurist
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
A Shafii scholar of Cairo, learned in several fields. He studied with Ali ibn Ghanim al-Maqdisi, Hamdan al-Faqih and Muhammad al-Bakri, and Sulayman al-Babili and Ali al-Ajhuri studied with him. 1
Works
His works include al-Taysir (a commentary on the Jami al-Saghir), Fayd al-Qadir, Taysir al-Wuquf on the subtleties of the rules of endowments, a commentary on al-Tahrir in Shafii law, and al-Ithafat al-Sunniyya on the sacred hadiths. 1
Distinction
He is not Sharaf al-Din al-Manawi, who has his own entry.
Sources
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.5160
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islam.museum contributors. “Abd al-Rauf al-Manawi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abd-al-rauf-al-manawi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.