Jamal al-Din al-Isnawi

Jamal al-Din al-Isnawi
Jamal al-Din al-Isnawi
Title	Shaykh ash-Shafi'iyyah; Jamāl al-Dīn
Personal
Born	1304; Esna, Mamluk Sultanate
Died	1370 (aged 65–66); Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate
Religion	Islam
Region	Egypt
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Shafi'i
Creed	Ash'ari
Main interest(s)	Sharia, Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, Tafsir, Arabic grammar
Notable work(s)	Nihayat Sul fi Sharh Minhaj al-Wusul
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Al-Shafi'i; Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari; Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati; Taqi al-Din al-Subki;
	Influenced Ibn al-Mulaqqin; Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi; Al-Zarkashi;

Jamāl al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn al-Ḥasan al-Umawī al-Qurashī al-Isnawī al-Shāfiʿī al-Miṣrī (Arabic: جمال الدين الإسنوي), commonly known as Jamal al-Din al-Isnawi, was a Sunni Egyptian scholar who specialized in the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence, legal theory, Qu'ran exegesis, and Arabic grammar. He was a well-known prolific writer who authored beneficial books.

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