al-Suyuti
Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (Arabic: جلال الدين السيوطي, romanized: Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī; c. 1445–1505), or al-Suyuti, was an Egyptian Sunni Muslim polymath of Persian descent. Considered the mujtahid and mujaddid of the Islamic 10th century, he was a leading muhaddith (hadith master), mufassir (Qu'ran exegete), faqīh (jurist), usuli (legal theorist), sufi (mystic), theologian, grammarian, linguist, rhetorician, philologist, lexicographer and historian, who authored works in virtually every Islamic science. For this reason, he was honoured one of the most prestigious and rarest titles: Shaykh al-Islām.
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| Title | Shaykh al-Islām Jalal al-Din Al-Ḥāfiẓ |
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| Born | 3 October 1445 CE / 1 Rajab 849 AH Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate |
| Died | 18 October 1505 CE / 19 Jumadi Ula 911 AH Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate |
| Religion | Islam |
| Region | Egypt |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
| Main interest(s) | Aqidah, Sharia, Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, Hadith, Usul al-Hadith, Tafsir, Arabic grammar, Arabic Literature, Rhetoric, Philology, lexicography, Seerah, History, Mathematics, Medicine |
| Notable work(s) | Tafsir al-Jalalayn, Al-Dur al-Manthur, Al-Itqan fi 'Ulum al-Qur'an, Al-Jami' al-Saghir, Tanbih al-Ghabi bi-Tabri'at Ibn 'Arabi |
| Tariqa | Shadhiliyya |
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| Personal (Ism) | 'Abd al-Raḥmān |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn Abī Bakr ibn Muḥammad |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū al-Faḍl |
| Epithet (Laqab) | Jalāl al-Dīn |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Suyūṭī, al-Khuḍayrī, al-Shāfi'ī |
He was described as one of the most prolific writers of the Middle Ages and is recognized today as one of the most prolific authors of all Islamic literature. Al-Suyuti wrote approximately one thousand works. His biographical dictionary Bughyat al-Wuʻāh fī Ṭabaqāt al-Lughawīyīn wa-al-Nuḥāh contains valuable accounts of prominent figures in the early development of Arabic philology. He was also in his time the leading authority of the Shafi'i school of thought (madhhab).