As-Suyuti
| Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti | |
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| Born | 3 October 1445 AD / 1 Rajab 849 AH Cairo |
| Died | 18 October 1505 AD / 19 Jumadi Ula 911 AH Cairo |
| Region | Egypt |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i, Shadhili |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
| Main interest(s) | Tafsir, Sharia, Fiqh, Hadith, Quran, Usul al-Fiqh, History, Aqidah |
| Notable work(s) | Tafsir al-Jalalayn |
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| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | ‘Abd al-Raḥmān |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn Abī Bakr ibn Muḥammad |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū al-Faḍl |
| Epithet (Laqab) | Jalāl al-Dīn |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Suyūṭī, al-Khuḍayrī, al-Shāfi‘ī |
Abū al-Faḍl ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakr ibn Muḥammad Jalāl al-Dīn al-Khuḍayrī al-Suyūṭī (Arabic: جلال الدين عبد الرحمن بن أبي بكر بن محمد الخضيري السيوطي; c. 1445–1505 AD) was an Egyptian religious scholar, juristic expert and teacher, and one of the most prolific writers of the Middle Ages of Persian origin, whose works deal with Islamic theology. In 1486, he was appointed to a chair in the mosque of Baybars in Cairo. He adhered to the Shafi'i Maslak and is one of the latter-day authorities of the Shafi'i School, considered to be one of the Ashabun-Nazzar (Assessors) whose degree of ijtihad is agreed upon. An alternative spelling of his name is Jalaluddin.
Al-Suyuti was born on 3 October 1445 AD (1 Rajab 849 AH) in Cairo, Egypt. His mother was Circassian and his father was of Persian origin, while Al-Suyuti says that his ancestors came from Al-Khudayriyya in Baghdad. His family moved to Asyut in Mamluk Egypt, hence the nisba "Al-Suyuti". Al-Suyuti's father taught Shafi'i law at the Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu in Cairo, but died when Al-Suyuti was 5 or 6 years old.
Al-Suyuti studied various subjects, including: Shafi'i and Hanafi jurisprudence (fiqh), traditions (hadith), exegesis (tafsir), theology, history, rhetoric, philosophy, philology, arithmetic, timekeeping (miqat) and medicine. He started teaching Shafi'i jurisprudence at the age of 18, at the same mosque as his father did. In 1486, Sultan Qaitbay appointed Al-Suyuti shaykh at the Khanqah of Baybars II, a Sufi lodge. Al-Suyuti himself was a Sufi of the Shadhili order.
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