ابن حجر الهيتمي
Ibn Hajar al-Haytami (RH)
Also known as: al-Haytami, Ibn Hajar al-Makki
909–974 AH · 1503–1567 CE
Fiqh Shafi'i Hadith
Shafi'i jurist of Makkah, whose Tuhfat al-Muhtaj is a chief reference for Shafi'is in Southeast Asia.
Al-Haytami was orphaned young and studied at al-Azhar under Zakariyya al-Ansari and others before settling in Makkah. There he became the leading Shafi'i mufti of the Hijaz.
His Tuhfat al-Muhtaj, a commentary on al-Nawawi's Minhaj, became one of the two main references for later Shafi'i rulings. Scholars of Hadramawt, the Hijaz and Southeast Asia generally follow it, while many in Egypt follow al-Ramli. He also wrote al-Fatawa al-Hadithiyyah, al-Zawajir on major sins, and a commentary on al-Nawawi's Forty Hadith. He should not be confused with the hadith master Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani.
Life journey
- 1503 CE Cairo (al-Qahira) القاهرةBorn in the village of Mahallat Abi al-Haytam in Egypt; studied at al-Azhar.
- 1533 CE Makkah مكةDied 1567 CE · 974 AHSettled in Makkah, where he taught and gave fatwas until his death.
Teachers
- Zakariyya al-Ansari (RH) 1420–1520 CEIbn Hajar al-Haytami studied with Zakariyya al-Ansari at al-Azhar as a young man.
Key works
- Tuhfat al-Muhtaj تحفة المحتاجThe Gift to the One in NeedA commentary on al-Nawawi's Minhaj; a chief Shafi'i reference.
Places in their life
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Photo: Adli Wahid (minor modifications by Basile Morin), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sources
- al-'Aydarus, al-Nur al-Safir
- Ibn al-'Imad, Shadharat al-Dhahab