Abu Abd Allah al-Balali

أبو عبد الله البلالي

Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ja'far, Abu Abd Allah al-Balali al-Ajluni then al-Qahiri al-Shafi'i, Shams al-Din, a hadith scholar and jurist. He studied with Abu Bakr al-Mawsili, read Ihya' Ulum al-Din closely and abridged it, and wrote al-Sawl fi shay' min ahadith al-Rasul and abridgements of al-Rawda and al-Shifa'. Dates 750 to 820 H as printed. 1

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Scholar
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Egypt & Nile
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Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ja'far, Abu Abd Allah al-Balali al-Ajluni then al-Qahiri al-Shafi'i, Shams al-Din, a hadith scholar and jurist. He studied with Abu Bakr al-Mawsili, read Ihya' Ulum al-Din closely and abridged it, and wrote al-Sawl fi shay' min ahadith al-Rasul and abridgements of al-Rawda and al-Shifa'. Dates 750 to 820 H as printed. 1

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.13346
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