Al-Haskafi, Muhammad ibn Ali
الحصكفي محمد بن علي
1616 CE · 1025 AH – 1677 CE · 1088 AH
A Hanafi mufti of Damascus of Hisn origin, author of al-Durr al-Mukhtar on Hanafi law.
At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Development of law, theology and institutions
Place in the story
- JuristTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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موجز
علاء الدين محمد بن علي بن محمد الحصني الدمشقي الحنفي، المعروف بالحصكفي، مفتٍ حنفي من دمشق من أصل حصني. وهو صاحب «الدر المختار» في الفقه الحنفي. 1
حياته
ولد سنة 1025هـ (1616م) وتوفي سنة 1088هـ (1677م) بحسب الموسوعة. 1
People and things also explored
العواصم· The phrase "la yanbaghi" in Imam Ahmad's words· المظالم· نكاح المتعة· The reports from Imam Ahmad· Obedience to those in authority and not rebelling (in the Tahawi creed)· The Hanafi school (madhhab)· The Hanbali school (madhhab)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO, p.32
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Haskafi, Muhammad ibn Ali”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-haskafi-muhammad-ibn-ali/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.