Ibn al-Ajami, Shihab al-Din
- Died
- 1086 AH
- Born in
- Egypt
Shihab al-Din Ibn al-Ajami (1014–1086 AH / 1605–1675 CE) was an Egyptian Shafi'i hadith scholar and genealogist associated with al-Azhar, best known for his onomastic supplement Dhayl Lubb al-Lubab fi Tahrir al-Ansab.
Name and Background
His full lineage is Ahmad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad al-Ajami, bearing the honorific Shihab al-Din. He was also known as al-Wafa'i in reference to his affiliation with the Wafa'i Sufi order, and al-Misri and al-Azhari denoting his Egyptian origin and scholarly base. He was born in Egypt on 3 Rajab 1014 AH (1605 CE).
Scholarly Career and Students
Ibn al-Ajami specialized in the study and transmission of hadith and onomastic genealogy. He compiled his scholarly authorities, teachers, and those who granted him certification (ijaza) in a dedicated Mashyakha. A circle of students studied under him, including Ibrahim al-Khiyari and Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Jinini.
In hadith, he composed Sharh Thulathiyyat al-Bukhari, an exposition of the three-narrator chains in Sahih al-Bukhari. In genealogy and onomastics, he produced Dhayl Lubb al-Lubab fi Tahrir al-Ansab, which originated as marginal glosses on his personal copy of Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti's Lubb al-Lubab fi Tahrir al-Ansab; these notes were later gathered and arranged alphabetically by Abd al-Rahman al-Ushmuni.
Death
Ibn al-Ajami died on 18 Dhu al-Qi'da 1086 AH (1675 CE).
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List of Works
Dhayl Lubb al-Lubab fi Tahrir al-Ansab ("Supplement to the Essence of the Core in the Rectification of Genealogies") is a biographical dictionary of relational names (nisbas). It functions as an onomastic supplement to Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti's genealogical handbook Lubb al-Lubab fi Tahrir al-Ansab, aiming to address omissions and document additional nisbas not covered in earlier genealogical texts.