Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Shirbani al-Khatib also known as al-Khaṭīb ash-Shirbīniy (, was an Egyptian

Sunni Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr () rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Mu ...

scholar who specialized in the Shafi'i jurisprudence,

legal theory Jurisprudence, also known as theory of law or philosophy of law, is the examination in a general perspective of what law is and what it ought to be. It investigates issues such as the definition of law; legal validity; legal norms and values ...

, Qu'ran exegesis, and Arabic language. He had a reputation for wisdom and piety. He completed his studies at

Al-Azhar Al-Azhar Mosque (), known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt in the historic Islamic core of the city. Commissioned as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 970, it was the first mosque established in a city that ...

under the tutelage of

Zakariyya al-Ansari Sheikhul Islam Abū Yaḥyā b. Muḥammad b. Zakariyyā, Zayn al-Dīn al-Sunaykī () also known as Zakariyyā al-Ansārī was an Egyptian Sunni polymath. He is considered the leading specialist in fiqh, usul al-fiqh, hadith, usul al-hadith, taf ...

, Shihab al-Din al-Ramli and others, who gave him permission to offer official legal advice and teaching. His eight volume ''Mughni al-Muhtaj'', a commentary on

Al-Nawawi Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi (;‎ (631A.H-676A.H) (October 1230–21 December 1277) was a Sunni Shafi'ite jurist and hadith scholar. Ludwig W. Adamec (2009), ''Historical Dictionary of Islam'', pp.238-239. Scarecrow Press. . Al-Nawawi died at ...

'' Minhaj al-Talibin'', his other well-known three volume commentary, ''Al-Iqna' fi Halla Alfadh Abi Shuja'', which is regarded as one of the best commentaries of one of the most well-known treatises in Shafi'i Fiqh called ''Matn Abi Shuja'' and his four volume Quranic exegesis entitled ''Al-Siraj al-Munir fi al-i'ana ala ma 'rifa ba'd kalam Rabbina al-Hakim al-Khabir''. He died in Cairo in the year of 977/1570.

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Asharis Shafi'is Quranic exegesis scholars Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam 16th-century Muslim scholars of Islam 16th-century jurists 1570 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Islamic-scholar-stub

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