Shihab al-Din al-Khafaji
Shihab al-Din al-Khafaji شهاب الدين الخفاجي | |
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| Title | Shihab al-Din Ahmad b. Muhammad b. 'Umar al-Khafaji |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 977 A.H. = 1569 A.D. |
| Died | 1069 A.H. = 1659 A.D. |
| Nationality | Egypt |
| Region | Shanawan |
| Main interest(s) | Aqidah, Kalam (Islamic theology), Tawhid, Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), Usul al-Fiqh, Usul al-Din, Hadith studies, Tafsir, Logic, Philosophy, Arabic prosody, Arabic grammar, Arabic literature, Rhetoric, Poetry, Mathematics, Medicine |
| Notable work(s) | Commentary on Tafsir al-Baydawi, Nasim al-Riyad fi Sharh Shifa' al-Qadi 'Iyad |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi, also studied Shafi'i jurisprudence |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Muslim leader | |
Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Umar al-Khafaji (Arabic: شهاب الدين أحمد بن محمد بن عمر الخفاجي) was an Egyptian Hanafi-Maturidi scholar and poet who spent some time in Istanbul and while there was appointed Qadi al-Qudah (chief judge) of Egypt.