Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Amir al-San'ani

محمد بن إسماعيل الأمير الصنعاني

1099 AH – 1182 AH

Muhammad ibn Ismail ibn Salah al-Kahlani then al-San'ani, known as al-Amir, a mujtahid titled al-Mu'ayyad billah. He studied with Zayd ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan, Salah ibn al-Husayn al-Akhfash, Abd Allah ibn Ali al-Wazir and others, and wrote Subul al-Salam, a commentary on Bulugh al-Maram. 1

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Jurist · Scholar
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Arabia
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Muhammad ibn Ismail ibn Salah al-Kahlani then al-San'ani, Abu Ibrahim, known as al-Amir, a mujtahid titled al-Mu'ayyad billah. He studied with Zayd ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan, Salah ibn al-Husayn al-Akhfash, Abd Allah ibn Ali al-Wazir and others, and wrote Subul al-Salam, a commentary on Bulugh al-Maram. 1

Dates

The entry heading gives 1182 AH as the death year and 1099 AH as the birth year, as printed; these are not yet checked against a second source. 1

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.3134
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