Ibrahim b. Sulayman al-Azhari

Ibrahim b. Sulayman al-Azhari al-Hanafi was a Hanafi jurist. He wrote the Risala Mukhtara fi manahi 'l-ziyara, in which he shows that it is contrary to the law, when visiting graves, to touch or kiss them, or to lie on them; the entry gives the date 1100 AH (1688) with the title. He also wrote a monograph on the rules of fiqh concerning spitting, and kissing and embracing, entitled Rahiq al-firdaws fi hukm al-rik wa 'l-buzaq. ¹