Ahmad ibn Abd al-Latif al-Bashbishi, Shihab al-Din

أحمد بن عبد اللطيف البشبيشي، شهاب الدين

Ahmad ibn Abd al-Latif ibn al-Qadi Ahmad, Shihab al-Din al-Bashbishi, born in Bashbish in the Gharbiyya province of Egypt, a Shafi'i scholar, a careful, trustworthy and well-versed authority in many sciences. He studied with Abu al-Diya' al-Shabramallisi, taught and gave fatwas at al-Azhar, taught in Mecca, and died in his town. His work is 'al-Tuhfa al-sunniyya' on questions and answers. He lived from 1040 to 1096 AH. 1

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Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Egypt & Nile
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Summary

Ahmad ibn Abd al-Latif al-Bashbishi, Shihab al-Din, a Shafi'i scholar born in Bashbish in the Gharbiyya province. 1

Works

He studied with al-Shabramallisi, gave fatwas and taught at al-Azhar, taught in Mecca, and wrote 'al-Tuhfa al-sunniyya'. He lived from 1040 to 1096 AH. 1

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.2054
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