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al-Nawawi (Abu Zakariyya Yahiya Ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi) أبو زكريا يحيى بن شرف النووي (born 1233 - 1278 ), Muslim author on Fiqh and Hadith , was born at Nawa near Damascus . In the latter city he studied from his eighteenth year, and there, after making the pilgrimage in 1253 , he settled as a private scholar until 1267, when he succeeded Abu Shama as professor of hadith at the Ashrafiyya school. He died at Nawa at a relatively young age, from overwork, having never married.1
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Abu Zakaria Mohiuddin Yahya Ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi (1234–1278) ( ), popularly known as al-Nawawi , an-Nawawi or Imam Nawawi (631 – 676 A.H. / 1234 – 1278 CE), was a Sunni Muslim author on Fiqh and hadith .His position on legal matters is considered the authoritative one in the Shafi'i Madhhab .He was born at Nawa near Damascus , Syria .As with many Arabic and Semitic names, the last part of his name refers to his hometown.A Short Biography of Imaam an-Nawawi , The Islamic Network
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Abu Zakaria Muhiy ad-Din Yahya Ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi (1233–1277) ( ), popularly known as al-Nawawi , an-Nawawi or Imam Nawawi (631–676 A.H./1234–1277), was a Sunni Muslim author on Fiqh and hadith .The Archetypal Sunni Scholar: Law, Theology, and Mysticism in the Synthesis of Al-Bajuri .
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Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī ( ; 1233–1277), popularly known as al-Nawawī or Imam Nawawī (631–676 A.H./1234–1277), was a Sunni Shafi'ite jurist and hadith scholar.He authored numerous and lengthy works ranging from hadith, to theology, biography, and jurisprudence.Jonah as a Prophet of Obedience" .The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books .
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Syrian Sunni Shafi'ite jurist and hadith scholar (1233–1277) Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī ( ; (631A.H-676A.H) (October 1230–21 December 1277), popularly known as al-Nawawī or Imam Nawawī , was a Sunni Shafi'ite jurist and hadith scholar .Al-Nawawi died at the relatively early age of 45.Despite this, he authored numerous and lengthy works ranging from hadith , to theology , biography , and jurisprudence that are still read to this day. Jonah as a Prophet of Obedience" . "The Ash'ari School, by Muhammad 'Alawi al-Maliki" . masud.co.uk . 29 October 2014 .As-Sunnah Foundation of America .Shaykh al-Islam Ahmad ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani (d. 852/1449; Rahimahullah ), the mentor of Hadith scholars and author of the book " Fath al-Bari bi-Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari ", which not a single Islamic scholar can dispense with, was Ash'ari.The shaykh of the scholars of Sunni Islam, Imam al-Nawawi (d. 676/1277; Rahimahullah), author of " Sharh Sahih Muslim " and many other famous works, was Ash'ari.The master of Qur'anic exegetes, Imam al-Qurtubi (d. 671/1273; Rahimahullah), author of " al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Qur'an ", was Ash'ari.Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Hajar al-Haytami (d. 974/1567; Rahimahullah), who wrote "al-Zawajir 'an Iqtiraf al-Kaba'ir", was Ash'ari.The Shaykh of Sacred Law and Hadith, the conclusive definitive Zakariyya al-Ansari (d. 926/1520; Rahimahullah), was Ash'ari.Imam Abu Bakr al-Baqillani (d. 403/1013; Rahimahullah), Imam al-'Asqalani; Imam al-Nasafi (d. 710/1310; Rahimahullah); Imam al-Shirbini (d. 977/1570; Rahimahullah); Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi , author of the Qur'anic commentary "al-Bahr al-Muhit"; Imam Ibn Juzayy (d. 741/1340; Rahimahullah); author of "al-Tashil fi 'Ulum al-Tanzil"; and others – all of these were Imams of the Ash'aris.
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Syrian Sunni Shafi'ite jurist and hadith scholar (1233–1277) Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi ( Arabic : يحيى بن شرف النووي , romanized : Yaḥyā ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī ; (631A.H-676A.H) (October 1230–21 December 1277) was a Sunni Shafi'ite jurist and hadith scholar . Al-Nawawi died at the relatively early age of 45. Despite this, he authored numerous and lengthy works ranging from hadith , to theology , biography , and jurisprudence that are still read to this day. Al-Nawawi, along with Abu al-Qasim al-Rafi'i , are leading jurists of the earlier classical age, known by the Shafi'i school as the Two Shaykhs ( al-Shaykhayn ).Imam ash-Sharif Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan Al-Wasiti al-Husayni d. 776 A.H al-Matalib Al-‘Aliyyah fit-Tabaqat ash-Shafi’iyyah "kitaabun-Classical and Contemporary Muslim and Islamic Books" . Jonah as a Prophet of Obedience" . As-Sunnah Foundation of America . Shaykh al-Islam Ahmad ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani (d. 852/1449; Rahimahullah ), the mentor of Hadith scholars and author of the book " Fath al-Bari bi-Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari ", which not a single Islamic scholar can dispense with, was Ash'ari. The shaykh of the scholars of Sunni Islam, Imam al-Nawawi (d. 676/1277; Rahimahullah), author of " Sharh Sahih Muslim " and many other famous works, was Ash'ari. The master of Qur'anic exegetes, Imam al-Qurtubi (d. 671/1273; Rahimahullah), author of " al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Qur'an ", was Ash'ari. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Hajar al-Haytami (d. 974/1567; Rahimahullah), who wrote "al-Zawajir 'an Iqtiraf al-Kaba'ir", was Ash'ari. The Shaykh of Sacred Law and Hadith, the conclusive definitive Zakariyya al-Ansari (d. 926/1520; Rahimahullah), was Ash'ari. Imam Abu Bakr al-Baqillani (d. 403/1013; Rahimahullah), Imam al-'Asqalani; Imam al-Nasafi (d. 710/1310; Rahimahullah); Imam al-Shirbini (d. 977/1570; Rahimahullah); Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati , author of the Qur'anic commentary "al-Bahr al-Muhit"; Imam Ibn Juzayy (d. 741/1340; Rahimahullah); author of "al-Tashil fi 'Ulum al-Tanzil"; and others – all of these were Imams of the Ash'aris. The Bloomsbury Companion to Islamic Studies .There are many followers of the Ash'ariyyah among the great Muslim scholars, such as al-Qurtubi, Ibn Kathir, al-Sauiti, al-Mazari, Ibn Hajer al Askalani, and al Nawawi Rebecca Skreslet Hernandez (2017).Many of the most learned ulema of Islam such as Izz Bin Abdul Salam, al-Nawawi, and Ibn Hajar - may God have mercy on them - were Ashari.The Normalization of Saudi Law .
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