Shams al-Din al-Kughiri

Shams al-Din al-Kughiri, of Majluni origin and then of Damascus. He was born in the first ten days of Shawwal 757 AH. He memorised al-Tanbih and studied with Ibn Qadi Shuhba. He was a long-time companion of Shaykh Shams al-Din al-Ghazzi, and he became known for memorising the branches of jurisprudence. He deputised in judicial matters and was appointed judge of the pilgrimage caravan. He compiled a commentary on al-Bukhari in six volumes, wrote "ʿAyn al-Bahiyya" as a commentary on al-Tanbih, and abridged al-Suhayli's "al-Rawd al-Unuf," calling the abridgement "Zahr al-Rawd."

He died on the thirteenth of Muharram 831 AH ¹.