Ibrāhīm ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Bājūrī ( ar, إبراهيم بن محمد بن أحمد الشافعي الباجوري Al-Shafiʽi) was an Egyptian-
Ottoman scholar
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, theologian and a dean of the
al-Azhar University. A follower of Imam
Al-Shafiʽi
Abū ʿAbdillāh Muḥammad ibn Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī ( ar, أَبُو عَبْدِ ٱللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ ٱلشَّافِعِيُّ, 767–19 January 820 CE) was an Arab Muslim theologian, writer, and schola ...
, he authored over 20 works and commentaries in sacred law, tenets of faith, Islamic estate division, scholastic theology, logic and
Arabic
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.
Birth and Education
al-Bajuri was born in the village of
El Bagour,
Monufia Governorate
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of
Egypt
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.
He was raised and educated initially by his father, studying the Qur'an and its recitation.
At the age of 14 al-Bajuri entered
al-Azhar
Al-Azhar Mosque ( ar, الجامع الأزهر, al-Jāmiʿ al-ʾAzhar, lit=The Resplendent Congregational Mosque, arz, جامع الأزهر, Gāmiʿ el-ʾazhar), known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt in the historic ...
in order to study the traditional sciences of Islam.
In 1798, al-Bajuri left al-Azhar due to the invasion of the French, and went to Giza where he remained until 1801; he then returned to al-Azhar to complete his education. Here, he excelled in his studies and began to teach and write on a variety of topics.
Rector of al-Azhar University
al-Bajuri taught at
al-Azhar University, and in 1847 became its rector, a position he held until the end of his life.
During his tenure as
Shaykh al-Azhar he spent much of his time teaching. His students included both young students aspiring to scholarship and also many of the great scholars of al-Azhar.
Works
The most popular works in al-Bajuri's extensive literary production are:
* ''Risala fi i'lm al-Tawhid''
* ''al-Mawahib al-Laduniyya'', a commentary on the ''Kitab al-Shama'il'' of
al-Tirmidhi
Abū ʿĪsā Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā as-Sulamī aḍ-Ḍarīr al-Būghī at-Tirmidhī ( ar, أبو عيسى محمد بن عيسى السلمي الضرير البوغي الترمذي; fa, , ''Termezī''; 824 – 9 October 892 CE / 209 - 2 ...
* a commentary on the ''
Burda'' of
al-Busiri
Al-Būṣīrī ( ar, ابو عبد الله محمد بن سعيد بن حماد الصنهاجي البوصيري, Abū ʿAbdallāh Muhammad ibn Saʿīd al-Ṣanhājī al-Būṣīrī; 1212–1294) was a Sanhaji Berber Muslim poet belong ...
* a commentary on the ''Takhrib'' or ''Mukhtasar'' of Abu Shuja (''Matn Abi Shuja'')
* a commentary on the ''Akida al-Sughra'' of al-Sanusi
* a gloss on a commentary on the ''Jawharat al-Tawhid'' of Ibrahim ibn Ibrahim al-Lakani
* a gloss on al-Akhdari's commentary on his own ''al-Sullam al-Murawnak''
* a commentary on the ''Kifayat al-Awamm'' of his teacher al-Fadali
* a commentary on the ''Mawlid'' of
al-Dardir
* a commentary on a versification of the ''
Ajārūmīya
''al-Ājurrūmiyyah'' (Arabic: الْآجُرُّومِيَّةِ) in full ' is a 13th-century book of Arabic grammar (نحو عربي naḥw ʿarabī). Very concise for easy memorization, it formed the foundation of a beginner's education in Cl ...
'' of
Ibn Adjurrum
Ibn Ājurrūm ( ar, إبن أَجُرُوم; Berber: Ageṛṛom or Agerrum) and his full name: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Dāwūd al-Ṣanhādjī ( ar, أبو عبد اللہ محمد بن داوود الصنهاجي). (1273 ...
.
Death
al-Bajuri died in 1276/1860.
See also
*
List of Ash'aris and Maturidis
The list of Ash'aris and Maturidis includes prominent adherents of the Ash'ari and Maturidi schools of thought. The Ash'aris are a doctrinal school of thought named after Imam Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari, and the Maturidi school is named for Abu Mans ...
References
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1784 births
1860 deaths
People from Monufia Governorate
Egyptian Sunni Muslims
19th-century Muslim theologians