Al-Sakhawi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Al-Sakhawi

Muslim scholar

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1427

Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt

Date of Death: 01-May-1497

Profession: writer, historian, muhaddith

Nationality: Egypt

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Al-Sakhawi

  • Shams al-Din Mu?ammad ibn ‘Abd al-Ra?man al-Sakhawi (Arabic: ??? ????? ???? ?? ????????? ????????, 1428/831 AH – 1497/902 AH) was a reputable Shafi‘i Muslim hadith scholar and historian who was born in Cairo.
  • Al-Sakhawi" refers to the village of Sakha in Egypt, where his relatives belonged.
  • He was a prolific writer that excelled in the knowledge of hadith, tafsir, literature, and history.
  • His work was also anthropological.
  • For example, in Egypt he recorded the marital history of 500 women, the largest sample on marriage in the Middle Ages, and found that at least a third of all women in the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt and the Bilad al-Sham married more than once, with many marrying three or more times.
  • According to al-Sakhawi, as many as three out of ten marriages in 15th century Cairo ended in divorce.
  • His proficiency in hadith has its influences trace back heavily on his Shaykh al-Hafiz, ibn Hajar al-`Asqalani.
  • He died in Medina.

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