al-Khazraji al-Manbiji
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- 686 AH
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Ali ibn Zakariyya al-Manbiji (636–686 AH / 1238–1287 CE) was a Hanafi jurist and hadith transmitter based in Jerusalem, best known for his legal work al-Lubab fi al-Jam‘ bayn al-Sunna wa al-Kitab.
Name and Early Life
His full name was Jamal al-Din Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali ibn Abi Yahya Zakariyya ibn Mas‘ud ibn Yahya ibn Zakariyya al-Ansari al-Khazraji al-Manbiji. He was born in Manbij in 636 AH (1238 CE). His brother was the Damascus-based Quran reciter Yahya ibn Zakariyya al-Manbiji (d. 676 AH).
Scholarly Career and Standing
Al-Manbiji studied hadith and transmitted from the traditionist Yusuf ibn Khalil. He settled in Jerusalem, where he served as a teacher and was recognized for his scholarly merit and religious devotion. The historian and traditionist ‘Alam al-Din al-Birzali wrote down hadith from him. His son, Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-Manbiji, studied under him, heard his legal compilation al-Lubab fi al-Jam‘ bayn al-Sunna wa al-Kitab directly from him, and succeeded him in teaching in Jerusalem before relocating to Cairo.
Al-Manbiji's primary scholarly contribution was al-Lubab fi al-Jam‘ bayn al-Sunna wa al-Kitab ("The Core in Combining the Sunnah and the Book"), an arrangement of textual proofs from the Quran and prophetic traditions organized according to the standard topical chapters of Islamic jurisprudence, which later biographers commended for its thoroughness and utility.
Death
Al-Manbiji died in Jerusalem on 23 Ramadan 686 AH (November 1287 CE).
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al-Lubab fi al-Jam‘ bayn al-Sunna wa al-Kitab (The Core in Reconciling the Sunnah and the Book) is a legal work that compiles legal evidence from the Quran and the Sunnah arranged according to the thematic chapters of Islamic jurisprudence. It organizes legal rulings and their textual proofs across standard jurisprudential divisions.