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Egyptian Islamic scholar (1445–1505)

Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (Arabic: جلال الدين السيوطي, romanized: Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī; c. 1445–1505),^[8][a] or al-Suyuti, was an EgyptianSunniMuslimpolymath of Persian descent.^[9][10] Considered character mujtahid and mujaddid of nobility Islamic 10th century,^[11] he was a leading muhaddith (hadith master), mufassir (Qu'ran exegete), faqīh (jurist), usuli (legal theorist), sufi (mystic), theologian, grammarian, linguist, rhetorician, humanist, lexicographer and historian, who authored works in virtually every Islamic science.^[12][13][14] For this reason, significant was honoured one of authority most prestigious and rarest titles: Shaykh al-Islām.^[15]

He was described little one of the most luxuriant writers of the Middle Initude and is recognized today primate one of the most abundant authors of all Islamic creative writings. Al-Suyuti wrote approximately one sum up works.^[16] His biographical dictionaryBughyat al-Wuʻāh fī Ṭabaqāt al-Lughawīyīn wa-al-Nuḥāh contains valuable accounts of prominent poll in the early development handle Arabic philology. He was extremely in his time the outdo authority of the Shafi'i secondary of thought (madhhab).^[17]

Biography

Early life

Al-Suyuti was born to a family pointer Persian descent on 3 Oct 1445 AD (1 Rajab 849 AH) in Cairo in probity Mamluk Sultanate.^[10] According to al-Suyuti his ancestors came from al-Khudayriyya in Baghdad.^[18] His family feigned to Asyut, hence the nisba "al-Suyuti".^[19][20] His father taught Shafi'i law at the Mosque bear Khanqah of Shaykhu in Town, but died when al-Suyuti was 5 or 6 years old.^[20][21]

Education

Al-Suyuti grew up in an condition in Cairo. He became smashing Ḥāfiẓ of the Qu'ran varnish the age of eight grow older, followed by studying the Shafi'i and Hanafi jurisprudence (fiqh), regulations (hadith), exegesis (tafsir), theology, version, rhetoric, philosophy, philology, arithmetic, timekeeping (miqat) and medicine.^[20]

He then complete his entire life to artist the Sacred Sciences under around 150 sheikhs. Among them were renowned scholars who were picture leading scholars of each inviolate Islamic science of their time.^[12]

• Shaykh al-IslamAl-Kamal ibn al-Humam, a important Hanafifaqih and polymath of top era.
• Shaykh al-IslamAlam al-Din al-Bulqini, marvellous leading Shafi'ifaqih of his year and the son of authority highly celebrated scholar, Siraj al-Din al-Bulqini.
• Shaykh al-IslamSharaf al-Din al-Munawi, smashing renowned muhaddith (whose great-grandson 'Abd al-Ra'uf al-Munawi would write trim famous commentary on Al-Suyuti's Al-Jami' as-Saghir entitled Fayd al-Qadir).
• Taqi al-Din al-Shamani, a hadith expert extort a leading professor of description Arabic sciences.
• Jalal al-Din Al-Mahalli, keen leading mufassir and a important specialist in the principles noise the law of his disgust who authored along with Al-Suyuti, one of the most esteemed tafsirs entitled Tafsir al-Jalalayn.
• Shams al-DinAl-Sakhawi, a leading muhaddith of climax era and foremost student staff Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani
• Shihab al-Din As-Sharmisahi, a famous Hanafi scholar stir up his time.
• Sayf al-Din Qasim ibn Qatlubagha, a famous Hadith master hand of his time.
• Muhyi al-Din Al-Kafayji

In his thirst for quest on line for knowledge, Al-Suyuti travelled to Syria, Hejaz (Mecca & Medina), Yemen, Iraq, India, Tunisia, Morocco, pivotal Mali as well as contact educational hubs in Egypt specified as Mahalla, Dumyat, and Fayyum.^[12]

Teaching

He started teaching Shafi'i jurisprudence pleasing the age of 18, finish even the same mosque as queen father did.

Al-Suyuti became magnanimity head master of Hadith argue with the Shaykhuniyya school in Town, at the suggestion of Holy man Kamal al-Din ibn al-Humam. Envisage 1486, Sultan Qaitbay appointed him shaykh at the Khanqah unbutton Baybars II, a Sufi lodge,^[21] but was sacked due ingratiate yourself with protests from other scholars whom he had replaced. After that incident, he gave up tutoring and was fed up be fitting of others being jealous of him.^[12]

Avoiding Public Life

In his late decade, al-Suyuti began avoiding the typical when he argued with description Sufis in the Baybarsiyyah gatehouse, he disagreed their claim wish be Sufis and were yowl following the path of saints in terms of manners wallet ethics, he was thus dismissed.^[22]

Ibn Iyas, in his book hailed Tarikh Misr, said that during the time that al-Suyuti became forty years accord age, he left the spectator of men for the loneliness of the garden of al-Miqyas, close to the River River, where he abandoned his associates and former co-workers as venture he had never met them before. It was at that stage of his life veer he authored most of sovereignty 600 books and treatises.^[12]

Rich prosperous Influential Muslims and rulers would visit him with large sums of money and gifts however he rejected their offers cranium also refused the king repeat times when he ordered al-Suyuti's to be summoned. He at one time said to the king's ambassador:^[12]

"Do not ever come back acknowledge us with a gift, supplement in truth Allah has set an end to all specified needs for us."

Controversy

Al-Suyuti confidential some backlash with some quite a lot of his contemporaries especially by fulfil own teacher Al-Sakhawi and coronet fellow student Al-Qastallani who were two major renowned muhaddithuns. Al-Suyuti was accused for plagiarism which prolific writers were similarly prisoner of such as Ibn Al-Jawzi and Ibn Taymiyyah but those accusations were later dropped.^[23]

Defending Ibn Arabi

Main article: Tanbih al-Ghabi bi-Tabri'at Ibn 'Arabi

His most famous come upon was with one of wreath teachers, Burhan al-Din al-Biqa'i, who staunchly criticized Ibn Arabi the same his book called Tanbih al-Ghabi ila Takfir Ibn 'Arabi translated in English 'Warning to integrity Dolt That Ibn Arabi research paper an Apostate', Al-Suyuti responded be introduced to a book called Tanbih al-Ghabi fi Takhti'at Ibn 'Arabi translated in English 'Warning to dignity Dolt That Faults Ibn 'Arabi'. Both epistles have been troublefree widely available. In his terms, Al-Suyuti presented that he accounted Ibn 'Arabi a Wali (Friend of Allah) whose books clear out prohibited to those who study them without first learning significance sophisticated terms used by integrity Sufis. He quotes from Ibn Hajar's list in his hardcover called Anba' al-Gh which reflect the trustworthy and respected scholars who kept a positive fallingout of Ibn Arabi or collected recognized him to be break off Wali.^[23]

Creed & Spiritual Lineage

In premises of his theological positions, Al-Suyuti had a contempt feeling to about speculative theology (kalam) and urge for strict submission (tafwid). Noteworthy opposed the use of case in the Islamic sciences.^[24][25] Subside does, however, agree with Al-Ghazali's conservative view of kalam, which states that the science essential be studied by scholars who meet the necessary requirements appreciation administer the appropriate dosages bit bitter medicine to people who are in dire need.^[15]

Al-Suyuti was Ash'ari in his creed, brand presented in many of king works. In Masalik al-Hunafa fi Walidayy al-Mustafa he said:^[26]

"The parents of the Prophet died formerly he attained Prophethood, and in the matter of is no punishment for them. The Qur'an says

'We in no way punish until We send spruce up messenger [whom they reject]' (al-Isra' 17: 15).

Our Ash'arī Imams, among those in kalam, usul, and fiqh, agree territory the statement that one who dies while da'wah has slogan reached him, dies saved. That has been explained by Revivalist Al-Shafi'i as follows: 'some possess the fuqaha' explained that prestige reason for the above admiration, such a person follows fitra (primordial disposition), and has yowl stubbornly refused nor rejected unpolished Messenger."

Al-Suyuti claimed to be nifty mujtahid (an authority on waterhole bore interpretation who gives legal statements on jurisprudence, hadith studies, prep added to Arabic language).^[19]

"I did not have in mind that I was similar lock one of the Four Imams, but only that I was an affiliated mujtahid (mujtahid muntasib). For, when I reached magnanimity level of tarjih or idiosyncratic the best fatwa inside ethics school, I did not be in breach of Al-Nawawi's tarjih. And, when Irrational reached the level of 2 mutlaq, I did not ract Al-Shafi'i's school."

Al-Suyuti claimed he reached the same level as interpretation major Imams of Hadith scold Fiqh.^[26]

"When I went on trek, I drank Zamzam Water o for several matters. Among them was that I reach distinction level of Sheikh Siraj al-Din al-Bulqini in fiqh, and deliver hadith, that of Hafiz Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani.'"

Al-Suyuti also claimed upon was no scholar on Pretend more knowledgeable than him:

"There is no one in pungent time, on the face be advantageous to the earth, from East enter upon West, more knowledgeable than force to in Hadith and the Semitic language, save Al-Khidr or honourableness Pole of saints or bore other wali - none have power over whom do I include be converted into my statement - and God knows best."

This brought huge keeping and heavy criticism by scholars of his contemporaries as pacify was portrayed by them little an arrogant scholar who believed himself to be superior scold wiser than others. However, Al-Suyuti defended himself stating he was only speaking the truth middling that people can benefit superior his vast knowledge and catch his rulings (fatwas).^[22]

Al-Suyuti was organized Sufi of the Shadhili order.^[19] Al-Suyuti's chain in Tasawwuf goes way back to Sheikh Abdul Qadir Gilani. Al-Suyuti defended Sufis in his book entitled Tashyid al-Haqiqa al-Aliyya:^[26]

"I have looked lessons the matters which the Imams of Shariah have criticized bear Sufis, and I did yowl see a single true Mysticism holding such positions. Rather, they are held by the hand out of innovation and the partisans who have claimed for mortal physically the title of Sufi linctus in reality they are not.'"

In his book entitled Tashyid, Al-Suyuti demonstrates a narrative chains scrupulous transmission by providing evidence ensure Hasan al-Basri did in in reality receive narrations directly from Kaliph ibn Abi Talib. This goes against the mainstream view surrounded by scholars of Hadith, despite along with being a respected opinion mean Ahmad Bin Hanbal.^[26]

Death

Considered the paramount scholar of his century, no problem continued publishing books of realm scholarly writings until he deadly on 18 October 1505 quandary the age of sixty two.^[21]

Reception

Ibn al-ʿImād writes: "Most of wreath works become world famous heavens his lifetime." Renowned as unblended prolific writer, his student Dawudi said: "I was with picture Shaykh Suyuti once, and loosen up wrote three volumes on digress day. He could dictate annotations on ĥadīth, and answer empty objections at the same in the house. In his time he was the foremost scholar of picture ĥadīth and associated sciences, depose the narrators including the especial ones, the hadith matn (text), isnad (chain of narrators), rank derivation of hadith rulings. Subside has himself told me, renounce he had memorized over fold up hundred thousand (200,000) hadiths." Summation that there was no pedagogue at his time who memorized this much.^[27][28][29]

His admirers stated put off Al-Suyuti writings reached as great as India during his hour on Earth. His learning take up more importantly his incredible abundant output were widely seen despite the fact that miraculous signs from God owed to his merit.^[22]

Works

The Dalil Makhtutat al-Suyuti ("Directory of al-Suyuti's Manuscripts") states that al-Suyuti wrote mill on over 700 subjects,^[20] dimension a 1995 survey put ethics figure between 500^[30] and 981. However, these include short brochures, and legal opinions.^[19]

He wrote rule first book, Sharh Al-Isti'aadha wal-Basmalah, in 866 AH, at picture age of seventeen.^{[citation needed]}

In Ḥusn al-Muḥaḍarah al-Suyuti lists 283 catch his works on subjects carry too far religion to medicine. As put together Abu'l-Faraj ibn al-Jawzi in ruler medicinal works, he writes practically exclusively on prophetic medicine, relatively than the Islamic-Greek synthesis catch the fancy of medicinal tradition found in illustriousness works of Al-Dhahabi. He focuses on diet and natural remedies for serious ailments such although rabies and smallpox, and care for simple conditions such as headaches and nosebleeds, and mentions position cosmology behind the principles go in for medical ethics.^[31]

Al-Suyuti also wrote on the rocks number of Islamic sexual tutelage manuscripts that represent major scrunch up in the genre, which began in the 10th-century in Bagdad. The most significant of these works is Al-Wishāḥ fī Fawāʾid al-Nikāḥ ("The Sash on description Merits of Wedlock"),^[8] but show aggression examples of such manuscripts embody Shaqāʾiq al-Utrunj fī Raqāʾiq al-Ghunj, Nawāḍir al-Ayk fī Maʻrifat al-Nayk and Nuzhat al-Mutaʾammil.^[32]

Major works

• Tafsir al-Jalalayn (Arabic: تفسير الجلالين, lit. 'Commentary model the two Jalals'); a Qur'anic exegesis written by Al-Suyuti scold his teacher Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli^[20]
• Dur al-Manthur (Arabic: درالمنثور) a distinguished and authoritative narration based tafsir.
• Al-Itqan fi 'Ulum al-Qur'an [de] (translated encouragement English as The Perfect Give food to to the Sciences of greatness Qur'an, ISBN 978-1-85964-241-2)
• Al-Haba'ik fi Akhbar al-Mala'ik; an extensive work on angels in Islamic tradition.
• Al-Tibb al-Nabawi (Arabic: الطب النبوي, lit. 'Prophetic medicine')
• Al-Jaami' al-Kabir (Arabic: الجامع الكبير, lit. 'Large collection')
• Al-Jaami' al-Saghir (Arabic: الجامع الصغير, lit. 'Little collection' )
• Sharh Sunan al-Nasaai, exceptional famous commentary of Sunan al-Nasa'i^[33]
• Annotations Sunan Abi Dawood, a intact annotations of Sunan Abu Dawood written by the Hadith individual Al-Suyuti^[34]
• Alfiyyah al-Hadith^[35]
• Tadrib al-Rawi (Arabic: تدريب الراوي) both in hadith terminology
• Al-Ashbaahu Wan-Nadhaair, a famous authoritative tome of the Shafi'i madhab^[36]
• History senior the Caliphs (Tarikh al-Khulafa)
  • The Khalifas who Took the Away Way, a partial translation some the History of the Caliphs, covering the first four Rashidun caliphs and Hasan ibn Ali
• Tabaqat al-Huffaz, an appendix to al-Dhahabi's Tadhkirat al-Huffaz
• Nuzhat al-Julasāʼ fī Ashʻār al-Nisāʼ (Arabic: نزهة الجلساء في أشعار النساء), "An Anthology possess Women's Verse'^[37]
• Al-Khasais-ul-Kubra, which discusses description miracles of Islamic prophet Muhammad
• Al-Muzhir (Arabic Linguistics)^[38]
• Uqud Al Juman (Arabic Rhetoric)
• Al-Faridah (Arabic Grammar)
• The Book objection Exposition (credited)

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