Abu al-Safa Salah al-Din Khalil al-Aqfahsi
أبو الصفا صلاح الدين خليل الأقفهسي
1362 CE · 763 AH – 1417 CE · 820 AH
The Egyptian Shafi'i jurist Abu al-Safa Salah al-Din Khalil ibn Muhammad al-Aqfahsi, placed in the twenty-fourth class of al-Suyuti's biographies and known as al-Ashqar.
At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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Life in time
Development of law, theology and institutions
Place in the story
- JuristTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu al-Safa Salah al-Din Khalil ibn Muhammad al-Aqfahsi, an Egyptian Shafi'i jurist, known as al-Ashqar. He is of the twenty-fourth class in al-Suyuti's biographies. 1
Dates
He was born around 763 AH, approximately, and died in 820 AH. Both dates need an additional source. 1
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu al-Safa Salah al-Din Khalil al-Aqfahsi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/khalil-ibn-muhammad-al-aqfahsi-abu-al-safa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.