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Mujalli ibn Jumay ibn Naja

مجلي بن جميع بن نجا

Mujalli ibn Jumay ibn Naja, Abu al-Ma'ali al-Qurashi al-Makhzumi, of Arsuf origin and Egyptian residence. He was chief judge of Egypt from 547 H, and fatwas in Egypt were referred to him. Al-Subki called him one of the imams of the school. His works are al-Dhakha'ir, a broad treatise on Shafi'i fiqh, and al-Umda fi adab al-qada'. Death 550 H as printed. 1

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Scholar
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Egypt & Nile
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Mujalli ibn Jumay ibn Naja, Abu al-Ma'ali al-Qurashi al-Makhzumi, of Arsuf origin and Egyptian residence. He was chief judge of Egypt from 547 H, and fatwas in Egypt were referred to him. Al-Subki called him one of the imams of the school. His works are al-Dhakha'ir, a broad treatise on Shafi'i fiqh, and al-Umda fi adab al-qada'. Death 550 H as printed. 1

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  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.13358
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