Al-Kamal ibn al-Humam (Arabic: الكمال بن الهمام) was a prominent Egyptian[5] Hanafi-Maturidi, polymath, legal theorist and jurist. He was a mujtahid and highly regarded in many sciences of knowledge and was also a Sufi.[6] Highly regarded in all fields of knowledge, including fiqh, usul al-fiqh, kalam (Islamic theology), logic, Sufism, Arabic language and literature, tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis), Hadith, Islamic law of inheritance (in Arabic, known as 'ilm al-fara'id, or 'the science of [ancestral] shares'), mathematics, and music.[7][8][9]
Kamal al-Din ibn al-Humam كمال الدين بن الهمام | |
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| Title | Kamal al-Din[1][2] — Shaykh al-Islam[3] |
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| Born | 790 A.H. = 1388 A.D. |
| Died | 861 A.H. = 1457 A.D. |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni Sufi |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi[4] |
| Main interest(s) | Aqidah, Kalam (Islamic theology), Tawhid, Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), Usul al-Fiqh, Usul al-Din, Hadith studies, Tafsir, Logic, Arabic grammar, Arabic literature, Rhetoric, Islamic inheritance jurisprudence, Sufism, Mathematics, Music |
| Notable work(s) | Al-Musayarah, Fath al-Qadeer |
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He is famous for his commentary known as Fath al-Qadeer on the famous Hanafi book al-Hidayah.[10]
Name
editHe is Kamal al-Din Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahid ibn 'Abd al-Hamid ibn Mas'ud al-Siwasi, then al-Iskandari, known and often referred to as Ibn al-Humam.
Life
editHe was born in Alexandria, Egypt, and studied in Cairo as well as Aleppo.He was born in Alexandria and grew up and died in Cairo.[11] He was appointed head shaykh of the Khanaqah Shaykhuniyyah in Cairo in 1443.[12][9]
Teachers
editHe studied under many notable scholars, among them are:[13]
- 'Izz al-Din ibn Jama'a (d. 819/1416).
- Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani (d. 825/1449).
- Wali al-Din al-'Iraqi (d. 826/1423) the son of Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi.
- Badr al-Din al-'Ayni (d. 855/1451).
Students
editAmong his celebrated students are:[14][15]
- Sharaf al-Din Yahya al-Munawi (d. 871/1467) (whose great-grandson 'Abd al-Ra'uf al-Munawi would write a commentary on al-Suyuti's Al-Jami' al-Saghir titled Fayd al-Qadir).
- Ibn Amir al-Hajj (d. 879/1474).
- Ibn Qutlubugha (d. 879/1474).
- Badr al-Din Abu al-Yusr Muhammad ibn al-Ghars (d. 894/1488).
- Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi (d. 902/1497).
- Kamal al-Din ibn Abi Sharif (d. 905-906/1499-1500).
- Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (d. 911/1505).
- Zakariyya al-Ansari (d. 926/1520).
Books
editAmong his well-known writings are:
- Fath al-Qadeer lil-'Ajiz al-Faqeer (Arabic: فتح القدير للعاجز الفقير).[6]
- Al-Musayara fi al-'Aqaid al-Munjiya fi al-Akhira (Arabic: المسايرة في العقائد المنجية في الآخرة), a Maturidi theological treatise that follows the sequence of Imam al-Ghazali's tract on dogmatic theology called al-Risala al-Qudsiyya (The Jerusalem Epistle); hence, the name al-Musāyarah (the Pursuit).[16]
- Zad al-Faqeer (Arabic: زاد الفقير), a treatise on the rulings of prayer and purification.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ David Dean Commins (1990). Islamic Reform: Politics and Social Change in Late Ottoman Syria. Oxford University Press. p. 74. ISBN 9780195362947.
- ^ Sherman A. Jackson (2009). Islam and the Problem of Black Suffering. Oxford University Press. p. 102. ISBN 9780195382068.
- ^ "The Biography of Imam al-Kamal ibn al-Humam". Dar al-Ifta' al-Misriyya.
- ^ Cenap Çakmak (2017). Islam: A Worldwide Encyclopedia [4 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 1015. ISBN 9781610692175.
- ^ Baber Johansen (1999). Contingency in a Sacred Law: Legal and Ethical Norms in the Muslim Fiqh. Brill Publishers. p. 148. ISBN 9789004106031.
- ^ a b "Fath al Qadir: 10 Volumes, Arabic". Madani Propagation.
- ^ "The Life and Works of al-Kamāl Ibn al-Humām". Ahnaf Blog.
- ^ "Al-'Alam by al-Zirikli". shamela.ws.
- ^ a b John L. Esposito (2004). The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford University Press. p. 152. ISBN 9780199757268.
- ^ Abdul Azim Islahi (2014). History of Islamic Economic Thought: Contributions of Muslim Scholars to Economic Thought and Analysis. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 43. ISBN 9781784711382.
- ^ "The Life and Works of al-Kamāl Ibn al-Humām". Ahnaf Blog.
- ^ "The Biography of Ibn al-Humam". The Oxford Dictionary of Islam - Oxford Islamic Studies Online.[dead link]
- ^ "The Biography of Imam al-Kamal ibn al-Humam". Dar al-Ifta' al-Misriyya.
- ^ "The Life and Works of al-Kamāl Ibn al-Humām". Ahnaf Blog.
- ^ "The Biography of Imam al-Kamal ibn al-Humam". Dar al-Ifta' al-Misriyya.
- ^ "The Life and Works of al-Kamāl Ibn al-Humām". Ahnaf Blog.
External links
edit- The Life and Works of al-Kamāl Ibn al-Humām [Archived 12 February 2024 at archive.today]
- Al-Kamal ibn al-Humam and His Book: Fath al-Qadeer (in Arabic)
