Ahmad bin Turki al-Maliki
- Died
- 979 AH
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Ahmad bin Turki al-Maliki (d. 979 AH / 1571 CE) was an Egyptian Maliki jurist who served as the imam of the Bashariyya Mosque in Cairo and is best known for his legal commentary al-Jawahir al-zakiyya .
Biography and career
His full lineage is recorded as Ahmad ibn Turki ibn Ahmad al-Manshalili al-Misri, and he was also known as al-Nashlili and Ibn Turki . Based in Egypt, he held the religious post of imam at the Bashariyya Mosque (Jamiʿ al-Bashariyya) in Cairo .
Ahmad bin Turki died in Cairo in 979 AH (1571 CE) , though another biographical report dates his death to 999 AH (1590–1591 CE) .
Scholarly contribution and reception
Ahmad bin Turki specialized in the jurisprudence of the Maliki school. His most prominent legal contribution is al-Jawahir al-zakiyya fi hall alfaz al-Ashmawiyya ("The Pure Jewels in Resolving the Expressions of al-Ashmawiyya"), an explanatory commentary clarifying the legal terminology and foundational rulings in the introductory jurisprudence treatise of Abd al-Bari al-Ashmawi . The commentary became widely utilized in Maliki instruction and was subsequently annotated by later scholars, who authored supercommentaries on it such as al-Hashiya al-mardiyya by Muhammad ibn Dawud al-Kharbatawi and a gloss by Yusuf al-Safti .
He also authored al-Minah al-saniyya fi hall alfaz al-Izziyya ("The Sublime Gifts in Resolving the Expressions of al-Izziyya"), which he abridged from the commentary of al-Fashi .
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Khulasat al-Jawahir al-Zakiyya fi Fiqh al-Malikiyya, also known by its original title al-Jawahir al-Zakiyya fi Hall Alfaz al-ʿAshmawiyya, is a classical commentary on Islamic jurisprudence according to the Maliki school. The work serves as an explanatory commentary on al-Muqaddima al-ʿAshmawiyya, explicating the concise expressions of the base text to elucidate foundational rules of ritual purity, prayer, and related legal practices according to established Maliki positions.