al-Adawi
- Died
- 1189 AH
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Ali ibn Ahmad al-Sa'idi al-Adawi (1112–1189 AH / 1700–1775 CE) was an Egyptian Maliki jurist and verifier at al-Azhar, regarded as one of the prominent Maliki authorities of the twelfth century AH.
Biography
Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Makram al-Sa'idi al-Adawi was born in 1112 AH (1700 CE) in Bani Adi, near Manfalut in Upper Egypt. He relocated to Cairo to study at al-Azhar Mosque, where he mastered jurisprudence and related sciences and subsequently became one of its prominent teachers.
He taught a wide circle of leading scholars, including Ahmad al-Dardir, Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Dasuqi, Abd al-Rahman al-Bannani, Ahmad al-Arusi, Ahmad al-Bili al-Adawi, and Muhammad al-Amir (al-Sanbawi), who accompanied him closely for over twenty years.
Al-Adawi was recognized as the preeminent Maliki jurist of his time in Egypt and was referred to by contemporaries as the shaykh al-shuyukh (master of scholars) and imam al-muhaqqiqin (leader of verifiers). Among his most influential legal contributions are his supercommentaries (hashiyas) on standard Maliki manuals, notably his gloss on Abu al-Hasan al-Manufi's commentary Kifayat al-talib al-rabbani on the Risala of Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani, and his gloss on Muhammad al-Kharashi's commentary on Mukhtasar Khalil. He also wrote a supercommentary on Abd al-Baqi al-Zarqani's commentary on al-Muqaddima al-Izziyya.
Al-Adawi died in Cairo in 1189 AH (1775 CE) and was buried in the al-Mujawirin cemetery.
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This work is a Maliki legal supercommentary that serves as an extensive gloss on Kifayat al-Talib al-Rabbani, Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Manufi's commentary on the foundational Maliki legal treatise al-Risala by Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani.