Ibn al-Rif'ah

Ibn al-Rif'ah
Ibn al-Rif'ah
Title	Shaykh al-Islam; Najm al-Din
Personal
Born	1247 CE; Cairo, Ayyubid dynasty
Died	1310 (aged 62–63); Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate
Religion	Islam
Region	Egypt
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Shafi'i
Creed	Ash'ari
Main interest(s)	Fiqh
Notable work(s)	Al-Matlab fi Sharh al-Wasit; Kifayat al-Nabih Sharh al-Tanbih
Occupation	Jurist, Scholar
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Al-Shafi'i; Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari; Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi; Al-Ghazali; Ibn Daqiq al-'Id; ;
	Influenced Taqi al-Din al-Subki; Jamal al-Din al-Isnawi; Taj al-Din al-Subki;

Najm al-Dīn Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Rifʿa (Arabic: ابن الرفعة), commonly known as Ibn al-Rif'ah was regarded as the leading Shafi'i jurist in Mamluk Egypt. He was praised by a number of people for his unparalleled expertise in Fiqh and Hadith. He is known mainly for his commentaries on earlier works of law. Ibn Taymiyyah said: “I saw an old man with Shafi’i jurisprudence dripping from his beard” indicting his sea of knowledge and deep-mastery in the Shafi'i school of thought. Ibn al-Rif'ah's most famous teacher was Ibn Daqiq al-'Id and his most famous student was Taqi al-Din al-Subki.

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