Ibn Hajar al-Haytami

Biography Birth and education Ibn Hajar al-Haytamī was born in 909 AH (1503 AD) in the small village Abū Haytam in western Egypt.

Ibn Hajar al-Haytami notes in his writings a beverage called qahwa developed from a tree in the Zeila region.

Teachers After completing his elementary education, Ibn Hajar al- Haytamī continued his schooling at al-Azhar where he studied under many scholars. He was buried in the cemetery of Ma'lat.

Views Regarding singing al-Haytami mentioned that some went so far as to claim the supposed consensus of ahl ul Madinah on this question. He was once asked about the legal status of those who criticizes Sufis: Is there an excuse for such critics? He replies in his Fatawa hadithiyya: It is incumbent upon every person endowed with mind and religion not to fall into the trap of criticizing these folk (Sufis), for it is a mortal poison, as has been witnessed of old and recently. Regarding logical reasoning: "Consider these words without partisanship and you will find that he…has clarified the way and established the proof to the effect that there is nothing in [logic] which is reprehensible or leads to what is reprehensible, and that it is of use in the religious sciences such as the science of the principles of religion and of jurisprudence (fiqh). The jurist have established the general principle that what is of use for the religious sciences should be respected and may not be derided, and it should be studied and taught as a fard kifaya"

Works

Al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah Al-Naimat-ul Kubra Ala al-Alam Asma al-Matalib Tahrir al-Maqal fi Adab wa Ahkam fi ma yahtaj ilay-ha Mu'addibu al-Atfal Mablaghu'l Arab fi Fadayil al-Arab Al-Jawhar al-Munazzam fi Ziyarati'l Qabr As-Sawayiq al-Muhriqah ala Ahl al-Bidayi wa'd Dalali wa'z Zandaqah Tuhfatu'l Muhtaj li Sharh Al-Minhaj (in four volumes) Al-Khayrat al-Hisan fi Manaqib Abi Hanifah an-Numan "Al Fatawa al-Rizwiyyah Al-Fatawa al-Haytamiyyah Al-Fatawa al-Hadithiyyah Fat'h Al-Ilah Sharh Mishkah Al-Eeaab fi Sharh al-Ubab Al-Imdad fi Sharh al-Irshad Fat'h al-Jawwad bi Sharh al-Irshad Al-Fat'h al-Mubin Sharh al-Arbayin an-Nawawiyyah Nasihatu'l Muluk Asraf al-Wasayil ila Fahmi'sh Shamayil Madan al-Yawaqit al-Multamiah fi Manaqib Al-Ayimmah al-Arba'ah Al-Minah al-Makkiyyah fi Sharfi Hamziyyah al-Busiriyyah Al-Manhaj al-Qawim fi Masayil at-Talim. Sharh Muqadammati'l Hadramiyyah Ad-Durar az-Zahirah fi Kashfi Bayani'l Akhirah Az-Zawajir an Iqtirafal-Kabayir Tahdhir ath-Thiqat min Akli'l Kaftati wa'l Qat Al-Iylam bi Qawatiy al-Islam Kaffar-Raa'a min Muharramati'l Lahwi wa's Sama'a Al-Fatawa al-Fiqhiyyah al-Kubra