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

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.