Taqi al-Din al-Subki
Abu Al-Hasan Taqī al-Dīn Ali ibn Abd al-Kafi ibn Ali al-Khazraji al-Ansari al-Subkī (Arabic: أبو الحسن تقي الدين علي بن عبد الكافي بن علي الخزرجي الأنصاري السبكي), was a leading polymath and renowned Shafi'i jurisconsult, traditionist, Qur'anic exegete, legal theorist, theologian, mystic, grammarian, linguist, rhetorician, historian, philologist, and chief judge of Damascus.
Taqī al-Dīn al-Subkī | |
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| Title | Sheikh ul-Islam Qadi al-Qudah Al-Ḥāfiẓ |
| Personal | |
| Born | AH 683 (1284 CE) |
| Died | AH 756 (1355 CE) |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | Medieval era |
| Region | Egypt and Levant |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
| Main interest(s) | Aqidah, Kalam (Islamic theology), Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, Usul al-Din, Hadith, Usul al-Hadith, Tafsir, Logic, Arabic grammar, Arabic literature, Rhetoric, Philology, History, Tasawwuf |
| Muslim leader | |
Al-Subki was regarded as one of the most influential and highly acclaimed scholars of the Mamluk period. He was famous for being the leading judge and teacher of his time. He was universally recognized as a mujtahid. He was given the special title of Sheikh al-Islam for mastering every Islamic science and was a prolific writer who wrote books in every field. He was said to have extensive knowledge in all four Sunni schools of jurisprudence where he issued fatwas outside of his school.