Muhibb al-Din Ibn al-Shihna

Muhibb al-Din Ibn al-Shihna, a Hanafi of Aleppo. He memorised the Qur'an and several standard texts and excelled in jurisprudence, the principles of law, grammar and literature. He became chief judge of the Hanafis in Aleppo and then in Damascus. Al-Zahir Barquq arrested him in 793 AH and he was brought to Cairo, then released. In 813 AH al-Malik al-Nasir Faraj arrested him for having stood with a group against him, and then released him. He was then confirmed in the judgeship of Aleppo and given teaching posts in Damascus. He wrote a historical work that is faulty with many errors, and he had fine verse and a graceful hand. He composed a rajaz "Alfiyya" covering ten sciences, and another "Alfiyya" in which he abridged the verse of al-Nasafi and added to it the teaching of Ahmad. He wrote works on jurisprudence, the principles of law and exegesis.

He died in Aleppo on Friday, the twelfth of Rabiʿ II ¹.