Muhammad al-Zurqani explained

Muhammad al-Zurqani
Birth Name:	Abu-Abd-Allah Muhammad ibn Abd al-Baqi al-Azhari al-Zurqani al-Maliki
Birth Place:	Egypt
Death Place:	Egypt
Religion:	Islam
Denomination:	Sunni
Jurisprudence:	Maliki
Main Interests:	Islamic law, Commentary
Notable Works:	Sharh al-Muwatta al-Malik Sharh al-Mawahib al-Ladunniyyah Mukhtasar al-maqasid al-hasanah
Influences:	Abd-al-Baqi al-Zurqani
Era:	Colonial era

Muhammad al-Zurqani (1645 - 1710 CE ^{[1] [2]}) (Arabic: محمد الزرقاني) was a Sunni Maliki Islamic scholar.

Name

His full name was Imam^[3] Abu-Abd-Allah "Ibn Fujlah" ^[1] Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Bāqī al-Azhari al-Zurqānī al-Maliki.^[4]

Biography

He was the son of Abd al-Baqi al-Zurqani and is the annotator of al-Mawahib al-Ladunniyyah, and the commentator on the Muwatta`.^[1]

Works

• Sharh al-Muwatta al-Malik (al-Zurqani)
• Sharh al-Mawahib al-Ladunniyyah
• Mukhtaṣar al-maqāṣid al-ḥasanah fī bayān kathīr min al-aḥādīth al-mushtaharah ʻalá al-alsinah/taʾlīf Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Bāqī al-Zurqānī.^[4]
• taḥqīq Muḥammad ibn Luṭfī al-Ṣabbāgh.^[4]
• commentaries of al-Bayquniyya,^[5] Al-Manzumah of al-Baiquni, which was expanded upon by, amongst others, al-Zurqani.^[6]

See also

• List of Islamic scholars
• List of Ash'aris and Maturidis

Notes and References

1. http://www.sakeenah.org/luminaries.shtml Sakeenah: Luminaries
2. http://al-islam.org/tahrif/cityofknowledge/index.htm Tahrif - Tirmidhi and the 'city of knowledge' hadith
3. http://sunnipath.com/courses/productinfo.aspx?productid=HST101 Departments – Academy
4. http://melvyl.cdlib.org/F/36A8156RG3K968PS1M4TFTYIGSBC157U7E7PNJTH8CF3Y5III2-02477?func=find-acc&acc_sequence=030368119 melvyl.cdlib.org
5. http://sunnipath.com/courses/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=HMT100 Departments – Academy
6. http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/scienceofhadith/asa1.html USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts