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al-Ḥalabī

Muslim theologian [1460-1549]
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Also known as: Burhān Ad-dīn Ibrāhīm Ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ibrāhīm
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Byname of:
Burhān Ad-dīn Ibrāhīm Ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ibrāhīm
Born:
c. 1460,, Ḥalab, Mamlūk Sultanate [now Aleppo, Syria]
Died:
1549
Subjects Of Study:
Ḥanafī school
Islam
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al-Ḥalabī (born c. 1460, Ḥalab, Mamlūk Sultanate [now Aleppo, Syria]—died 1549) was a jurist who maintained the traditions of Islamic jurisprudence in the 16th century. Personal details of his life are obscure, except that after studying in Ḥalab and Cairo, he spent more than 40 years in Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, where he became a preacher in the Mosque of Mehmed II, at that time one of the most important mosques of Istanbul. Al-Ḥalabī’s writings include a treatise on ritual prayer and polemics against the mystical doctrines of a famous Ṣūfī (mystical) writer, Ibn al-ʿArabī (d. 1240). ...(100 of 156 words)

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