Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi

Jamāl al-Dīn Abū al-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn al-Zakī ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yūsuf al-Kalbī al-Quḍā’ī al-Mizzī
Jamāl al-Dīn Abū al-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn al-Zakī ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yūsuf al-Kalbī al-Quḍā’ī al-Mizzī
Personal
Born	1256 AD (654 AH); al-Mizza, now Syria
Died	1341 AD (742 AH); Damascus, now Syria
Religion	Islam
Era	Mamluk Era
Region	Syrian scholar
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Shafi'i
Creed	Athari
Main interest(s)	Ilm ar-Rijal
Other names	Al-Ḥāfiẓ, Yūsuf ibn al-Zakī ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Mizzī
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Al-Shafi'i, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Al-Dimyati, Ibn Taymiyya;
	Influenced Al-Dhahabī, Tāj al-Dīn al-Subkī, Ibn Kathīr;

Jamāl al-Dīn Abū al-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn al-Zakī ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yūsuf ibn ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Yūsuf al-Kalbī al-Quḍā’ī al-Mizzī, (Arabic: يوسف بن عبد الرحمن المزي), also called Al-Ḥāfiẓ Abī al-Ḥajjāj, was a Syrian muhaddith and the foremost `Ilm al-rijāl Islamic scholar.

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