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Egyptian Hanafi-Maturidi, polymath, legal theorist and jurist Al-Kamal ibn al-Humam ( Arabic : الكمال بن الهمام ) was a prominent Egyptian Hanafi - Maturidi , polymath , legal theorist and jurist . He was a mujtahid and highly regarded in many sciences of knowledge and was also a Sufi . Highly regarded in all fields of knowledge, including fiqh , usul al-fiqh , kalam (Islamic theology), logic , Sufism , Arabic language and literature , tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis), Hadith , Islamic law of inheritance (in Arabic , known as 'ilm al-fara'id, or 'the science of [ancestral] shares'), mathematics , and music . He is famous for his commentary known as Fath al-Qadeer on the famous Hanafi book al-Hidayah . Islam and the Problem of Black Suffering . Islam: A Worldwide Encyclopedia [4 volumes] . "Al-'Alam by al-Zirikli" . shamela.ws.
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Al-Kamal ibn al-Humam ( ) was a prominent Egyptian Hanafi - Maturidi legal theorist and jurist . He was a mujtahid and highly regarded in many sciences of knowledge and was also a Sufi . Highly regarded in all fields of knowledge, including fiqh , usul al-fiqh , kalam (Islamic theology), logic , Sufism , Arabic language and literature , tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis), Hadith , Islamic law of inheritance (in Arabic, known as 'ilm al-fara'id, or 'the science of [ancestral] shares'), mathematics , and music . He is famous for his commentary known as Fath al-Qadeer on the famous Hanafi book al-Hidayah . Islam and the Problem of Black Suffering . Islam: A Worldwide Encyclopedia [4 volumes] . "Al-'Alam by al-Zirikli" . shamela.ws. The Oxford Dictionary of Islam .
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Egyptian Hanafi-Maturidi, polymath, legal theorist and jurist Al-Kamal ibn al-Humam ( ) was a prominent Egyptian Hanafi - Maturidi , polymath , legal theorist and jurist . He was a mujtahid and highly regarded in many sciences of knowledge and was also a Sufi . Highly regarded in all fields of knowledge, including fiqh , usul al-fiqh , kalam (Islamic theology), logic , Sufism , Arabic language and literature , tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis), Hadith , Islamic law of inheritance (in Arabic, known as 'ilm al-fara'id, or 'the science of [ancestral] shares'), mathematics , and music . He is famous for his commentary known as Fath al-Qadeer on the famous Hanafi book al-Hidayah . Islam and the Problem of Black Suffering . Islam: A Worldwide Encyclopedia [4 volumes] . "Al-'Alam by al-Zirikli" . shamela.ws. The Oxford Dictionary of Islam .
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