al-Faridi
- Died
- 981 AH
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Shams al-Din Muhammad al-Faridi (d. c. 981 AH / 1573 CE) was an Egyptian Hanbali jurist, specialist in the laws of inheritance, grammarian, and poet from Cairo, known for his commentary on the Alfiyyah of Ibn Malik and his didactic poem on inheritance law, al-Manzumah al-Faridiyyah.
Life and Education
Shams al-Din Muhammad al-Faridi al-Qahiri al-Hanbali was based in Cairo, where he studied under a group of Egyptian scholars. He taught numerous students, among whom was the scholar Shams al-Din Muhammad al-Maqdisi al-Ilmi, who served as a teacher at the Qassa'iyyah madrasa in Damascus.
Scholarly Standing
Al-Faridi gained recognition for his mastery of Hanbali jurisprudence, Arabic grammar, poetry, and the calculation of estate division (fara'id). His scholarship was cited by contemporary authorities; the Shafi'i scholar Shams al-Din al-Alqami drew upon al-Faridi's statements in his commentary on al-Suyuti's al-Jami' al-Saghir.
In inheritance law, he composed al-Manzumah al-Faridiyyah, a 128-verse didactic poem detailing Hanbali succession rules as a counterpart to the Shafi'i poem of al-Rahbi; it was later commented upon by Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Shinshuri and Abd al-Qadir ibn Badran. In Arabic grammar, he authored Sharh al-Faridi ala Alfiyat Ibn Malik, an extensive commentary on Ibn Malik's grammatical poem, and in hadith studies he compiled an annotation (ta'liqah) on Sahih al-Bukhari.
Death
Al-Faridi died around 981 AH (1573 CE). An alternate death date of 952 AH is recorded in a marginal citation reference by the later Hanbali jurist Uthman ibn Qa'id.
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List of Works
Sharh al-Faridi ala Alfiyat Ibn Malik is an extensive Arabic grammatical commentary on Ibn Malik's one-thousand-verse didactic poem on grammar and morphology. The work provides an elucidation of the poem, prefacing the grammatical exposition with a biographical sketch of Ibn Malik, and was completed in 958 AH.