Ibrahim_al-Bajuri
Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Šāfiʿī al-Bājūrī (Arabic: إبراهيم بن محمد بن أحمد الشافعي الباجوري) (1784-1860) was an Egyptian-Ottoman scholar, theologian and a dean of the al-Azhar University. A follower of Imam Al-Shafiʽi, he authored over 20 works and commentaries in sacred law, tenets of faith, Islamic estate division, scholastic theology, logic and Arabic.[3]
Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Bajuri | |
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| Born | 1784 |
| Died | 17 June 1860(1860-06-17) (aged 75–76) |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i[2] |
| Creed | Ash'ari[2] |
| Main interest(s) | Islamic theology, Hadith, Islamic jurisprudence |
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al-Bajuri was born in the village of El Bagour, Monufia Governorate of Egypt.[1] He was raised and educated initially by his father, studying the Qur'an and its recitation.[4] At the age of 14 al-Bajuri entered al-Azhar in order to study the traditional sciences of Islam.[4] In 1798, al-Bajuri left al-Azhar due to the invasion of the French, and went to Giza where he remained until 1801; he then returned to al-Azhar to complete his education. Here, he excelled in his studies and began to teach and write on a variety of topics.[4]
al-Bajuri taught at al-Azhar University, and in 1847 became its rector,[5] a position he held until the end of his life.[1][4] During his tenure as Shaykh al-Azhar he spent much of his time teaching. His students included both young students aspiring to scholarship and also many of the great scholars of al-Azhar.[6]
The most popular works in al-Bajuri's extensive literary production are:[1]
- Risāla fī ʿilm al-tawḥīd
- al-Mawahib al-Laduniyya, a commentary on the Kitab al-Shama'il of al-Tirmidhi
- a commentary on the Burda of al-Busiri
- a commentary on the Takhrib or Mukhtasar of Abu Shuja (Matn Abi Shuja) [7]
- a commentary on the Akida al-Sughra of al-Sanūsī
- a gloss on a commentary on the Jawharat al-Tawḥīd of Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad al-Laqqanī
- a gloss on al-Akhdari's commentary on his own al-Sullam al-Murawnak
- a commentary on the Kifayat al-Awamm of his teacher Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Faḍālī
- a commentary on the Mawlid of Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Dardīr
- a commentary on a versification of the Ajārūmīya of Ibn Adjurrum.
al-Bajuri died in 1276/1860.[1]
- Gibb, H. A. R.; Kramers, J. H.; Lévi-Provençal, E.; Schacht, J.; Lewis, B. & Pellat, Ch., eds. (1960). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume I: A–B. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 867. OCLC 495469456.
- Spevack, Aaron (1 Oct 2014). The Archetypal Sunni Scholar: Law, Theology, and Mysticism in the Synthesis of Al-Bajuri. State University of New York Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-1438453712.
- Keller, Nuh Ha Mim (1997). Reliance of the Traveller. A classic manual of Islamic Sacred Law. Beltsville, Maryland: Amana Publications. p. 1041. ISBN 0915957728.
- Spevack, Aaron (1 Oct 2014). The Archetypal Sunni Scholar: Law, Theology, and Mysticism in the Synthesis of Al-Bajuri. State University of New York Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-1438453712.
- Holmes Katz, Marion (2007). The Birth of The Prophet Muhammad: Devotional Piety in Sunni Islam. Routledge. p. 169. ISBN 978-0415771276.
- Spevack, Aaron (1 Oct 2014). The Archetypal Sunni Scholar: Law, Theology, and Mysticism in the Synthesis of Al-Bajuri. State University of New York Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-1438453712.
- Vrolijk, Arnoud; Hogendijk, Jan (2007). O ye Gentlemen: Arabic Studies on Science and Literary Culture: In Honour of Remke Kruk. BRILL Publishers. p. 476. ISBN 978-9047422051.
