Al-Qastallani
Ahmad ibn Muhammad Al-Qastallani | |
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Madrasah of Al-Ainy, where Al-Qastallani is buried. | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 12 Dhu al-Qadah 851 AH / 19 January 1448 CE |
| Died | 8 Muharram 923 AH / 31 January 1517 CE |
| Cause of death | Stroke |
| Resting place | Madrasah of Al-Ainy 30°2′41″N 31°15′48″E / 30.04472°N 31.26333°E |
| Spouse | 'A'isha al-Ba'uniyya |
| Era | Medieval era |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
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Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn al-Zayn Aḥmad ibn al-Jamāl Muḥammad ibn al-Ṣafī Muḥammad ibn al-Majd Ḥusayn ibn al-Tāj ʿAlī ibn Maymūn al-Qasṭalānī (Arabic: أحمد بن محمد بن أبي بكر بن عبد الملك بن الزين أحمد بن الجمال محمد بن الصفي محمد بن المجد حسين بن التاج علي بن ميمون القسطلاني), also known as Al-Qasṭallānī was a Sunni Islamic scholar who specialized in hadith and theology. He owed his literary fame mainly to his exhaustive commentary on the Sahih al-Bukhari entitled Irshād al-Sarī fī Sharḥ al-Bukhārī.