Muhammad al-Zurqani

Muhammad al-Zurqani
Personal
Born
Abu-Abd-Allah Muhammad ibn Abd al-Baqi al-Azhari al-Zurqani al-Maliki

1645 (1645)
Died1710 (aged 64–65)
Egypt
ReligionIslam
EraColonial era
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceMaliki
Main interest(s)Islamic law, Commentary
Notable work(s)
  • Sharh al-Muwatta al-Malik
  • Sharh al-Mawahib al-Ladunniyyah
  • Mukhtasar al-maqasid al-hasanah
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Muhammad al-Zurqani (1645–1710 CE [1][2]) (Arabic: محمد الزرقاني) was a Sunni Maliki Islamic scholar.

Name

His full name was Imam[3] Abu-Abd-Allah "Ibn Fujlah" [1] Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Bāqī al-Azhari al-Zurqānī al-Maliki.[4]

Biography

He was the son of Abd al-Baqi al-Zurqani and is the annotator of al-Mawahib al-Ladunniyyah, and the commentator on the Muwatta`.[1]

Works

  • Sharh al-Muwatta al-Malik (al-Zurqani)
  • Sharh al-Mawahib al-Ladunniyyah
  • Mukhtaṣar al-maqāṣid al-ḥasanah fī bayān kathīr min al-aḥādīth al-mushtaharah ʻalá al-alsinah/taʾlīf Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Bāqī al-Zurqānī.[4]
  • taḥqīq Muḥammad ibn Luṭfī al-Ṣabbāgh.[4]
  • commentaries of al-Bayquniyya,[5] Al-Manzumah of al-Baiquni, which was expanded upon by, amongst others, al-Zurqani.[6]

See also

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