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07-04-2007, 04:19 PM
Hafidh Zailaee (rahmatullahi alaih) - (720-762)
Jamal al Deen Abdullah bin Yusuf al Zailaee.
He studied fiqh with Imam Fakhr al Deen Uthman bin Ali al Zailaee, Imam Shams al Deen Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Adlan and others. Amongst his teachersin hadeeth were Hafidh Abu al Hajjaj al Mizzi, Hafidh Shams al Deen al Dhahabi and Hafidh Ala al Deen al Mardini Ibn al Turkumani.
He produced three highly acclaimed works in his short life. They are al Isaaf bi Ahadeeth al Kashaaf (a takhreej of Zamakhshari’s Tafseer al Kashaaf), Mukhtasar Ma’ani al Aathaar (a condensed and edited version of Imam Tahawi’s Sharh Ma’ani al Aathaar), and Nasb al Rayah fi Takhreej Ahadeeth al Hidayah (a takhreef of Imam Marghinani’s al Hidayah). Allamah Anwar Shah Kashmiri wrote of him, ‘In my opinion, Hafidh Zailaee rahmatullahi alaih was a greater hafidh than even Hafidh Ibn Hajar rahmatullahi alaih. He passed away in Cairo in the year 762 AH. May Allâh have mercy on him.
Jamal al Deen Abdullah bin Yusuf al Zailaee.
He studied fiqh with Imam Fakhr al Deen Uthman bin Ali al Zailaee, Imam Shams al Deen Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Adlan and others. Amongst his teachersin hadeeth were Hafidh Abu al Hajjaj al Mizzi, Hafidh Shams al Deen al Dhahabi and Hafidh Ala al Deen al Mardini Ibn al Turkumani.
He produced three highly acclaimed works in his short life. They are al Isaaf bi Ahadeeth al Kashaaf (a takhreej of Zamakhshari’s Tafseer al Kashaaf), Mukhtasar Ma’ani al Aathaar (a condensed and edited version of Imam Tahawi’s Sharh Ma’ani al Aathaar), and Nasb al Rayah fi Takhreej Ahadeeth al Hidayah (a takhreef of Imam Marghinani’s al Hidayah). Allamah Anwar Shah Kashmiri wrote of him, ‘In my opinion, Hafidh Zailaee rahmatullahi alaih was a greater hafidh than even Hafidh Ibn Hajar rahmatullahi alaih. He passed away in Cairo in the year 762 AH. May Allâh have mercy on him.