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Conqueror of Egypt and a shrewd political and military leader.
The leading scholar of Egypt in his time, said by some to be more knowledgeable than Mal...
The greatest scholar of Egypt in his era, whom ash-Shafi'i considered more knowledgeable ...
Chief judge of Egypt and a prominent Shafii scholar.
Egyptian Maliki scholar and the third master of the Shadhili Sufi...
Egyptian grammarian and author of Qatr an-Nada and Mughni al-Labi...
A leading Shafi'i jurist of Egypt who served as chief judge and was recognized as one of the ...
Egyptian Maliki jurist and author of al-Mukhtasar (Mukhtasar Khal...
Shaykh al-Islam of Egypt and a leading Shafi'i authority. Authored commentaries on m...
Egyptian Shafi'i jurist and author of Tuhfat al-Muhtaj, one of th...
Known as the 'Little Shafi'i' (ash-Shafi'i as-Saghir) for his authority in the school. Author of Nihayat al-Muhtaj, one of the two most authoritative late Shafi
Egyptian Hanafi jurist, author of al-Bahr ar-Raiq and al-Ashbah w...
Egyptian Shafi'i jurist and mufassir. Author of Mughni al-Muhtaj,...
Egyptian Maliki jurist and author of ash-Sharh al-Kabir, a major ...
Egyptian Maliki jurist and author of the Hashiyat ad-Dusuqi, a su...
Egyptian Islamic reformer and Grand Mufti of Egypt who advocated ...
Syrian-Egyptian scholar and publisher of al-Manar journal, continued the...
Egyptian hadith scholar who produced critical editions of Musnad ...
Egyptian scholar who founded the Ansar as-Sunnah al-Muhammadiyyah...
Egyptian teacher and founder of the Muslim Brotherhood movement.
Egyptian author of Fi Zilal al-Quran, an influential literary and...
Egyptian-Qatari scholar and chairman of the International Union o...
Egyptian Sufi scholar and prolific author known for 'al-Tabaqat a...
Former Grand Mufti of Egypt, Shafi'i jurist and Azhari scholar known for his traditiona...
Grand Imam of al-Azhar since 2010, one of the most influential Sunni Muslim leaders in the world.
Shadhili Sufi master and author of 'al-Hikam' (Aphorisms), one of the most celebrated texts of Islamic spirituality.
Early Egyptian Sufi known for articulating the concept of ma'rifah (gno...
Egyptian hadith master and author of 'at-Targhib wat-Tarhib,' a c...
Egyptian Maliki jurist, author of the 'Mukhtasar,' the most autho...
Andalusian-Egyptian grammarian and mufassir, author of 'al-Bahr al-Muhit,' a...
Prolific Egyptian Shafi'i jurist and hadith scholar, one of the most produ...
Egyptian hadith scholar, author of 'Majma az-Zawa'id,' a comprehe...
Egyptian Islamic activist and author, founder of the Muslim Women...
Author of 'Lisan al-Arab,' the most comprehensive classical dictionary of the Arabic language.
Grand Imam of al-Azhar and author of widely studied commentaries on Shafi'i fiqh and Ash'ari theology.
Egyptian Shafi'i jurist and father of Shams ad-Din ar-Ramli, both...
Egyptian Hanafi jurist, author of 'al-Ashbah wan-Naza'ir,' a mast...
Egyptian scholar and author of 'Fayd al-Qadir,' the most extensiv...
Egyptian Maliki scholar and author of 'Jawharat at-Tawhid,' a fam...
First Maliki Grand Imam of al-Azhar, author of the most widely studied commentary on Khalil's Mukhtasar.
Egyptian Hanbali jurist and author of 'Kashshaf al-Qina' and 'Sha...
Egyptian Islamic scholar and thinker, author of numerous influent...
Syrian-Egyptian Islamic reformer, student of Muhammad Abduh, and author ...
Egyptian scholar and historian, author of popular works on Islami...
Chief judge of Egypt and author of 'Tadhkirat as-Sami wal-Mutakallim,' a classic...
Egyptian poet and author of 'Qasidah al-Burdah' (The Poem of the ...
Egyptian Azhari scholar and author of 'Fath al-Mun'im,' a modern ...
Egyptian Islamic scholar and author of popular, accessible books ...
The Pharaoh of Egypt who enslaved the Israelites and was drowned by Allah after ...
Wife of Pharaoh who believed in Allah, protected baby Musa, and was martyred for her faith. One of the four greatest women in Islam.
The wife of the Egyptian minister al-Aziz who tried to seduce Prophet Yusuf AS an...
The mother of Prophet Musa AS who received divine revelation to place him in the river, and was reunited with him as his own wet nurse.
The sister of Musa AS who followed his basket on the Nile and orchestrated his return to their mother.
...f Prophet Musa AS, whose family sheltered Musa when he fled Egypt.
...Yusuf AS, son of Yaqub and Rachel, who was kept by Yusuf in Egypt as part of the plan to reunite their father's family.
The Coptic woman gifted to the Prophet ﷺ from Egypt, mother of his son Ibrahim, and one of his consorts.
The ruler of Egypt who received the Prophet's letter, responded respectfully, ...
The Egyptian minister who purchased Yusuf AS from the slave traders a...
...as head of Ali ibn Abi Talib's police force and governor of Egypt. Known for extraordinary generosity.
...ith, and an accomplished horseman. He served as governor of Egypt under Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan. He transmitted many hadith a...
...nder in the conquest of North Africa and became governor of Egypt.
An Egyptian companion and a major general of the Umayyad caliphate. ...
The most prolific scholar in Islamic history (849-911 AH), authoring over 500 works across virtually every Islamic discipline. His tafsir al-Jalalayn (co-author
Umayyad governor of Egypt for approximately 20 years (65-86 AH) under his brother Abd...
An Egyptian Maliki scholar (d. 709 AH) whose Kitab al-Hikam (Book of...
Chief student of Imam al-Shafi'i and transmitter of the Shafi'i school, author of the foundational Shafi'i text al-Mukhtasar.
... Nihayat al-Muhtaj, the definitive Shafi'i reference in the Egyptian tradition.
Major Shafi'i scholar of Cairo, author of Mughni al-Muhtaj, the most widely taught Shafi'i fiqh commentary.
Major Egyptian Shafi'i scholar and legal theorist, known for al-Tamhid ...
Late 19th-century Egyptian Shafi'i scholar, author of I'anat al-Talibin, the most p...
Shafi'i scholar of 10th-century AH Egypt, wrote marginal notes (hashiya) on Ibn Hajar al-Haytami's T...
Imam Malik's foremost student, principal transmitter of Maliki jurisprudence and co-author of al-Mudawwana.
Leading Maliki jurist and legal theorist of 7th-century AH Egypt, author of al-Dhakhirah and al-Furuq.
Author of Mukhtasar Khalil, the most authoritative and widely-studied Maliki fiqh text, a concise summary of the entire Maliki school.
Egyptian Maliki scholar, author of important commentaries on Mukh...
Andalusian Maliki scholar who settled in Alexandria, author of Siraj al-Muluk and al-Hawadith wa al-Bida'.
Major Egyptian Maliki scholar, known for his glosses (hawashi) on the m...
Leading Maliki scholar of 18th-century Egypt, author of al-Sharh al-Kabir and al-Sharh al-Saghir on Khal...
Great Hanafi scholar and hadith master, author of al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyya, the most widely accepted creedal text in Sunni Islam.
Hanafi jurist and major hadith scholar, author of Tabyin al-Haqa'iq and Nasb al-Rayah, an essential reference for hadith evidence in Hanafi fiqh.
Hanafi hadith master, author of Nasb al-Rayah li Ahadith al-Hidayah, the definitive reference for the hadith evidence of the Hanafi school.
Egyptian literary critic turned Islamic thinker, author of Fi Zil...
...ayat al-Muhtaj is a standard reference in Greater Syria and Egypt.
One of the greatest Hanafi jurists of the 15th century. His Fath al-Qadir (commentary on al-Hidayah) is the most analytically rigorous Hanafi legal work.
Compiler of Sunan al-Nasa'i (al-Mujtaba), one of the six canonical hadith collections. Considered by some the strictest hadith critic of his era after al-Bukhar
Rector of al-Azhar University (1958-1963). A leading reformist scholar who worked on pan-Islamic unity and issued the controversial fatwa recognizing Ja'fari (S
Author of al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Quran (Tafsir al-Qurtubi), the most comprehensive Maliki Quranic commentary focusing on legal rulings extracted from the Quran.
Mamluk-era Egyptian historian whose al-Nujum al-Zahirah chronicles Egypt's h...
Swiss-Egyptian Islamic scholar and academic. Controversial figure who h...
... student of al-Shafi'i who inherited his teaching circle in Egypt. Died in prison for his refusal to accept the Mu'tazilite p...
Most reliable transmitter of Imam al-Shafi'i's works. Without him, the Shafi'i school's texts would be largely lost.
Greatest Arab physician after Ibn Sina. Discovered the pulmonary circulation of blood 300 years before William Harvey.
Sultan of Egypt and Syria who recaptured Jerusalem in 1187 CE. Known equall...
Mamluk Sultan who decisively defeated the Mongols at Ain Jalut and expelled the remaining Crusaders from the Levant.
Greatest historian of Mamluk Egypt. His Khitat is an encyclopedic topographical and historical...
Egyptian Hanafi jurist, author of al-Bahr al-Ra'iq and the legal ...
Egyptian polymath who authored over 500 works spanning all Islami...
Leading hadith scholar of Egypt in the Tabi'een generation.
Primary Egyptian student of Malik whose transmissions form the core of th...
An Egyptian Shafi'i scholar and Azhari jurist (d. 1204 AH / 1790 CE)...
A towering Egyptian scholar (1898-1974 CE), professor at Cairo University an...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic scholar and author known for widely read works o...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic author known for Women Around the Messenger, pre...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic scholar and author known for Purification of the...
A contemporary American Muslim author and lecturer (b. Egypt, raised USA), known for the bestselling Reclaim Your Heart ...
A prominent Egyptian Islamic author (1920-1996 CE) known for his popular biog...
An Egyptian-American Islamic scholar (1917-2004 CE), first director ...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic author known for his book The Jinn in the Quran ...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic scholar and author known for accessible works on...
The leading jurist and hadith scholar of Egypt among the Tabi'un, considered the first Egyptian scholar to...
Imam of Egypt and leading jurist of the second century, sometimes describ...
Egyptian tabi'i and student of Ibn Umar and Aisha, who settled in...
...able Medinan jurist and hadith scholar who later settled in Egypt, widely cited by Imam Malik and other Hijazi authorities.