Ali ibn Muhammad al-Ashmuni

الأشموني، علي بن محمد بن عيسى

c. 1435 CE · c. 838 AH† – c. 1524 CE · c. 930 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

A Shafi'i jurist of Cairo who memorized al-Nawawi's Minhaj, al-Subki's Jam' al-Jawami' and Ibn Malik's Alfiyya, and studied with many scholars of his age.

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At a glance

Roles
Scholar · Jurist · teacher
Counted among
Sunni (Shafi'i)
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Egypt & Nile
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Ibn al-Himsi, Ahmad ibn Muhammad · Ibn Iyas, Muhammad ibn Ahmad · Al-Tattai, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim · al-Tizini Muhammad ibn Muhammad · al-Samhudi

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  • JuristTradition

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

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موجز

علي بن محمد بن عيسى بن يوسف الأشموني القاهري فقيه شافعي من القاهرة. 1

تعليمه

تذكر موسوعة أعلام العلماء والأدباء أنه حفظ «المنهاج» للنووي، و«جمع الجوامع» للسبكي، و«الخلاصة الألفية» لابن مالك. وأخذ عن عدد من شيوخ عصره. 1

تاريخه

تقدّر الموسوعة ولادته بنحو سنة 1435م ووفاته بنحو سنة 1524م. 1

ملاحظات للباحثين
  • الموسوعة مرجع ثانوي، والتاريخان تقريبيان؛ يحتاج إلى مصدر إضافي.

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Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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