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al-Matiji al-Iskandarani

المتيجي الإسكندراني

c. June 1261 CE · Jumada II 659 AH

The Alexandrian Maliki jurist-muhaddith from Matija near Bijaya — 'one who devoted himself to hadith'; d. Jumada II 659 1.

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Roles
Jurist · muhaddith
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Egypt & Nile · Maghreb
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abagha Khan · Abu Shama al-Dimashqi · Afif al-Din al-Tilimsani · Afif al-Din ibn Mazru' · Ahmad al-Badawi

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    sunni-maliki (transmitted)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    Overview

    Al-Matiji, the Maliki jurist-muhaddith of Matija near Bijaya, a righteous man "who devoted himself to hadith"; he transmitted from 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muwaffaq and those after him and wrote much; he died in Jumada II 659 1.

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 307
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    islam.museum contributors. “al-Matiji al-Iskandarani”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-matiji/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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