Al-Nawawi
Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī (Arabic: أبو زكريا يحيى بن شرف النووي; (631A.H-676A.H) (October 1230–21 December 1277), popularly known as al-Nawawī or Imam Nawawī, was a Sunni Shafi'ite jurist and hadith scholar. Al-Nawawi died at the relatively early age of 45. Despite this, he authored numerous and lengthy works ranging from hadith, to theology, biography, and jurisprudence that are still read to this day.
Yaḥyā ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī | |
|---|---|
| Title | Imam, Shaykh ul-Islam |
| Personal | |
| Born | Muharram 631 AH/ October 1233 |
| Died | 24 Rajab 676 AH / 21 December 1277 (age 45) Nawa, Mamluk Sultanate |
| Resting place | Nawa, present Syria |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| School | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
| Main interest(s) | Fiqh, Usul, Hadith, Mantiq |
| Occupation | Historiographer, bibliographer, scholar, jurist. |
| Muslim leader | |
Influenced by | |
| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | Yaḥyā |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | Ibn Sharaf ibn Marri ibn Ḥasan ibn Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn Jumah ibn Ḥazm |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū Zakariyyā |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Nawawī |
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