Zakariyya al-Ansari

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Islamic scholar Mamluk-era scholar Shafi'i jurist human

Zakariyya al-Ansari was a prominent 15th-century Egyptian Shafi'i jurist, hadith scholar, and Sufi master who became one of the leading religious authorities of the late Mamluk period.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic scholar ⓘ Mamluk-era scholar ⓘ Shafi'i jurist ⓘ human ⓘ
birthPlace	Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunaika near Fawa, Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
century	15th century ⓘ 16th century ⓘ
creed	Ash'ari NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathPlace	Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
denomination	Sunni Islam ⓘ
era	Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Arabic grammar ⓘ Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ Islamic theology ⓘ Quranic exegesis ⓘ Shafi'i fiqh NERFINISHED ⓘ Sufism NERFINISHED ⓘ hadith studies ⓘ
fullName	Zayn al-Din Abu Yahya Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Ansari NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificTitle	Zayn al-Din NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	later Shafi'i jurists in Egypt and the Hijaz ⓘ
juridicalSchoolRank	one of the foremost late authorities of the Shafi'i school ⓘ
knownFor	being a leading Shafi'i authority in the late Mamluk period ⓘ integrating fiqh, hadith, and Sufism ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
madhhab	Shafi'i NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Zakariyya al-Ansari NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRole	Shaykh al-Islam in the late Mamluk period ⓘ chief judge of the Shafi'is in Egypt ⓘ
notableWork	Asna al-Matalib fi Sharh Rawd al-Talib NERFINISHED ⓘ Fath al-Wahhab bi Sharh Manhaj al-Tullab NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghayat al-Wusul fi Sharh Lubb al-Usul NERFINISHED ⓘ Sharh al-Bukhari (commentary portions) NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	Sufi shaykh ⓘ hadith scholar ⓘ jurist ⓘ mufti ⓘ qadi ⓘ theologian ⓘ
region	Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
studentOf	Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Bulqini NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Mahalli NERFINISHED ⓘ
sufiOrder	Shadhili order NERFINISHED ⓘ
taughtAt	Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Azhar Mosque NERFINISHED ⓘ
teacherOf	Ibn Hajar al-Haytami NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Ramli NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Suyuti NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Shaykh al-Islam → hasNotableBearer → Zakariyya al-Ansari ⓘ

Abu Zayd al-Ansari → nisba → Zakariyya al-Ansari ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Ansari