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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Commander of the faithful in hadith

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ScholarCommander of the faithful in hadith

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalaniابن حجر العسقلاني

Cairo

Author of Fath al-Bari, the greatest commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari.

Orphaned in Cairo, he memorised the Quran by nine and studied in Egypt, the Hijaz and Yemen. He served as chief Shafi'i judge of Mamluk Egypt and spent some twenty-five years writing Fath al-Bari. He also wrote Bulugh al-Maram and huge dictionaries of narrators.

What grew out of it?

Fath al-Bari is the standard key to Sahih al-Bukhari.

Who else is linked?

Cairo and FustatAl-BukhariMamluk Sultanate

Who lived at the same time?

Mehmed IBayezid IShah RukhBarsbayBarquqTimurMurad IIMurad I

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