| Religion: | Islam |
| Occupation: | Scholar of Islam |
| Al-Khaṭīb ash-Shirbīniy Arabic: الخطيب الشربيني | |
| Birth Place: | Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate |
| Death Date: | Cairo, Ottoman Empire |
| Death Place: | 977 A.H. / 1570 C.E. |
| Region: | Egypt |
| Alma Mater: | Al-Azhar University |
| Denomination: | Sunni |
| Creed: | Ash'ari[1] |
| Main Interests: | Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, Tafsir, Arabic |
| Notable Ideas: | al-Sirāj al-Munīr, Mughnī al-Muḥtāj ʾilā Maʿrifat Maʿāniy ʾAlfāẓ al-Minhāj |
| Influences: | Al-Shafi'i Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari Zakariyya al-Ansari Shihab al-Din al-Ramli |
Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Shirbani al-Khatib also known as al-Khaṭīb ash-Shirbīniy (Arabic: الخطيب الشربيني|, was an Egyptian Sunni scholar who specialized in the Shafi'i jurisprudence, legal theory, Qu'ran exegesis, and Arabic language. He had a reputation for wisdom and piety. He completed his studies at Al-Azhar under the tutelage of Zakariyya al-Ansari, Shihab al-Din al-Ramli and others, who gave him permission to offer official legal advice and teaching. His eight volume Mughni al-Muhtaj, a commentary on Al-Nawawi Minhaj al-Talibin, his other well-known three volume commentary, Al-Iqna' fi Halla Alfadh Abi Shuja, which is regarded as one of the best commentaries of one of the most well-known treatises in Shafi'i Fiqh called Matn Abi Shuja and his four volume Quranic exegesis entitled Al-Siraj al-Munir fi al-i'ana ala ma 'rifa ba'd kalam Rabbina al-Hakim al-Khabir. He died in Cairo in the year of 977/1570.[2] [3] [4]