At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · muhaddith · Jurist
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile · al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
sunni-shafii (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Diya' al-Din al-Muradi, the imam, exacting hafiz, verifier, master, ascetic — al-Nawawi's shaykh; al-Nawawi mentioned him in his additions to Ibn al-Salah's Tabaqat: 'my eyes never saw his like in his time; he was brilliant in knowing hadith and its sciences and in verifying its wording, especially the two Sahihs, with utmost care — likewise grammar, fiqh and the sufis' lore, a fine discusser in them.' 2
Al-Nawawi's company
'To me he was among the great travellers on the paths of realities, an excellent teacher; I kept his company some ten years and never saw of him anything disliked. In gentleness he held a high station as far as he could, and in compassion for the Muslims and sincere counsel to them he had few peers.' 2
Connections
- Died in
- Cairo
People and things also explored
Al-Azhar Mosque· The Dar al-Hikma of Cairo· Baybars takes the sultanate, 658 AH· Capture of Cairo· death of Asad al-Dīn Shīrkūh — Saladin chosen vizier in his place· The great earthquake of Egypt, 608 AH· Egypt's famine and epidemic, 695· Four madhhab qadis appointed in Egypt, 663
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 568-569
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Diya al-Din al-Muradi, al-Nawawi's shaykh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/diya-al-din-al-muradi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.