Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani

Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī ( Arabic : ابن حجر العسقلاني ; 18 February 1372 – 2 February 1449), or simply ibn Ḥajar , was a classic Islamic scholar "whose life work constitutes the final summation of the science of hadith ." He authored some 150 works on hadith, history, biography, exegesis, poetry, and the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence , the most valued of which being his commentary of Sahih al-Bukhari , titled Fath al-Bari . He is known by the honorific epithets Hafiz al-Asr "Hafiz of the Time", Shaykh al-Islam "Shaykh of Islam", and Amir al-Mu'minin fi al-Hadith "Commander of the Faithful in Hadith". 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. Salmān, Mashhūr Ḥasan Maḥmūd & Shuqayrāt, Aḥmad Ṣidqī (1998). Muʼallafāt al-Sakhāwī : al-ʻAllāmah al-Ḥāfiẓ Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sakhāwī, 831-902 H . Encyclopedia of Islam: New Edition . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).