# Al-Zarkashi

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{{short description|14th-century Islamic scholar}}
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'''Abū Abdullāh Badr ad-Dīn Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Bahādir az-Zarkashī''' (1344–1392/ 745–794 AH), better known as '''Az-Zarkashī''', was a fourteenth-century Islamic scholar. He primarily resided in [Mamluk](/source/Mamluk)-era [Cairo](/source/Cairo). He specialized in the fields of law, ''[hadith](/source/hadith)'', history, and [Shafi'i](/source/Shafi'i) legal jurisprudence (''[fiqh](/source/fiqh)'').<ref>[http://www.loohpress.com/product_info.php/manufacturers_id/205/products_id/1800 al-Nukat 'ala al-'Umdah fi'l Ahkam (النكت على العمدة في الأحكام) Imam al-Zarkashi]</ref> He left behind thirty compendia, but the majority of these are lost to modern researchers, and only the titles are known.<ref>Jalajel, David S. (2017) ''Women and Leadership in Islamic Law''</ref> One of his most famous works that has survived is ''al-Burhān fī 'Ulūm al-Qur'ān'', a manual of the Qur'anic sciences.

==Teachers==
Az-Zarkashī studied ''hadīth'' (one of various reports describing the words, actions, or habits of the prophet [Muhammad](/source/Muhammad)) in [Damascus](/source/Damascus) with [Imād al-Dīn Ibn Kathir](/source/Ibn_Kathir) (d. 1373), ''fiqh'' and [''usūl''](/source/Usul_al-fiqh) in [Aleppo](/source/Aleppo) with Shihāb ud-Dīn Al-Adhra`I (d. 1381), and [Quran](/source/Quran) and ''fiqh'' in Cairo with the head of the Shafi’i school in Cairo at the time, [Jamal al-Din al-Isnawi](/source/Jamal_al-Din_al-Isnawi).<ref>Rippin, A. (2012), "al-Zarkas̲h̲ī", in: [http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/al-zarkashi-SIM_8945 ''Encyclopaedia of Islam''], Second Edition: {{ISBN|9789004161214}}, 1960–2007</ref>

==Disciples== 
His notable students included Shamsuddīn al-Barmaid (d. 830 AH) and Najmuddin bin Haji ad-Dimashqi (d. 831 AH).

==Works== 
*''Al-bahr al-muhīt fī usūl al-fiqh'' (البحر المحيط، في أصول الفقه)
*''Salāsil adh-dhahab fī usūl al-fiqh'' (سلاسل الذهب في أصول الفقه)
*''Al-burhān fī ʿulūm al-Qur'ān'' (البرهان في علوم القرآن)
*''Iʿlam as-sājid bi-ahkām al-masājid'' (إعلام الساجد بأحكام المساجد)
*"The  Corrective: ʿĀ’isha’s  Rectification  of  the  Companions" ''Al-Ijāba limā istadrakatahu ‘Ā’isha ‘alā as-Sahāba'' ( الإجابة لما استدركته عائشة على الصحابة) <ref>Sofia Abdur Rehman [https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/26060/1/Sofia%20Rehman%20PhD.pdf ʿĀ’isha’s Corrective of the Companions: A Translation and Critical Ḥadīth Study]</ref>
*''At-tadhkirah fī al-ahādīth al-mushtaharah'' (التذكرة في الأحاديث المشتهرة)
*''Risāla fī maʿnī kalimat fī at-Tawhid (lā ilaha illallah)'' (رسالة في معني كلمة التوحيد (لا إله إلا الله
*''Al-manthūr fī al-qawāʿid fiqh ash-Shāfiʿiyyah'' (المنثور في القواعد فقه شافعي): is considered by many scholars to be among the foremost compendiums of legal principles in the Shāfi'i ''fiqh''. The text includes over 100 principles that are listed alphabetically.  
*''Takhrīj ahādīth ash-sharh al-kabīr li ar-Rāfiʿī'' (تخريج أحاديث الشرح الكبير للرافعي)
*''Al-ghurar as-sāfir fīmā yahtāju ilaihi al-musāfir'' (الغرر السافر فيما يحتاج إليه المسافر)

== See also ==
* [List of Ash'aris and Maturidis](/source/List_of_Ash'aris_and_Maturidis)

==References==
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