Kamal al-Din ibn al-Humam كمال الدين بن الهمام | |
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| Title | Kamal al-Din[1][2] —Shaykh al-Islam[3] |
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| Born | 790 A.H. = 1388 A.D. |
| Died | 861 A.H. = 1457 A.D. |
| Main interest(s) | Aqidah,Kalam (Islamic theology),Tawhid,Fiqh (Islamicjurisprudence),Usul al-Fiqh,Usul al-Din,Hadith studies,Tafsir,Logic,Arabic grammar,Arabic literature,Rhetoric,Islamic inheritance jurisprudence,Sufism,Mathematics,Music |
| Notable work(s) | Al-Musayarah, Fath al-Qadeer |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | SunniSufi |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi[4] |
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Al-Kamal ibn al-Humam (Arabic:الكمال بن الهمام) was a prominentEgyptian[5]Hanafi-Maturidi,polymath,legal theorist andjurist. He was amujtahid and highly regarded in many sciences of knowledge and was also aSufi.[6] Highly regarded in all fields of knowledge, includingfiqh,usul al-fiqh,kalam (Islamic theology),logic,Sufism,Arabic language andliterature,tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis),Hadith,Islamic law of inheritance (inArabic, known as 'ilm al-fara'id, or 'the science of [ancestral] shares'),mathematics, andmusic.[7][8][9]
He is famous for his commentary known as Fath al-Qadeer on the famous Hanafi bookal-Hidayah.[10]
He isKamal al-Din Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahid ibn 'Abd al-Hamid ibn Mas'udal-Siwasi, thenal-Iskandari, known and often referred to asIbn al-Humam.
He was born inAlexandria,Egypt, and studied inCairo as well asAleppo.He was born in Alexandria and grew up and died in Cairo.[11] He was appointed head shaykh of the Khanaqah Shaykhuniyyah inCairo in 1443.[12][9]
He studied under many notable scholars, among them are:[13]
Among his celebrated students are:[14][15]
Among his well-known writings are:
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