Al-Kamal ibn al-Humam

Kamal al-Din ibn al-Humam
كمال الدين بن الهمام
Kamal al-Din ibn al-Humam; كمال الدين بن الهمام
Title	Kamal al-Din — Shaykh al-Islam
Personal
Born	790 A.H. = 1388 A.D.; Alexandria
Died	861 A.H. = 1457 A.D.; Cairo
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni Sufi
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Creed	Maturidi
Main interest(s)	Aqidah, Kalam (Islamic theology), Tawhid, Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), Usul al-Fiqh, Usul al-Din, Hadith studies, Tafsir, Logic, Arabic grammar, Arabic literature, Rhetoric, Islamic inheritance jurisprudence, Sufism, Mathematics, Music
Notable work(s)	Al-Musayarah, Fath al-Qadeer
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Abu Hanifa; Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani; Badr al-Din al-Ayni; 'Izz al-Din ibn Jama'a; Waliy al-Din al-'Iraqi;
	Influenced Al-Sakhawi; Al-Suyuti; Zakariyya al-Ansari; Kamal al-Din ibn Abi Sharif; Ibn Qutlubugha; Ibn Amir al-Hajj; Ibn al-Ghars; Sharaf al-Din Yahya al-Munawi;

Al-Kamal ibn al-Humam (Arabic: الكمال بن الهمام) was a prominent Egyptian^[5] Hanafi-Maturidi, polymath, legal theorist and jurist. He was a mujtahid and highly regarded in many sciences of knowledge and was also a Sufi.^[6] Highly regarded in all fields of knowledge, including fiqh, usul al-fiqh, kalam (Islamic theology), logic, Sufism, Arabic language and literature, tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis), Hadith, Islamic law of inheritance (in Arabic, known as 'ilm al-fara'id, or 'the science of [ancestral] shares'), mathematics, and music.^[7]^[8]^[9]

He is famous for his commentary known as Fath al-Qadeer on the famous Hanafi book al-Hidayah.^[10]

Name

He is Kamal al-Din Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahid ibn 'Abd al-Hamid ibn Mas'ud al-Siwasi, then al-Iskandari, known and often referred to as Ibn al-Humam.

Life

He was born in Alexandria, Egypt, and studied in Cairo as well as Aleppo.He was born in Alexandria and grew up and died in Cairo.^[11] He was appointed head shaykh of the Khanaqah Shaykhuniyyah in Cairo in 1443.^[12]^[9]

Teachers

He studied under many notable scholars, among them are:^[13]

'Izz al-Din ibn Jama'a (d. 819/1416).
Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani (d. 825/1449).
Wali al-Din al-'Iraqi (d. 826/1423) the son of Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi.
Badr al-Din al-'Ayni (d. 855/1451).

Students

Among his celebrated students are:^[14]^[15]

Sharaf al-Din Yahya al-Munawi (d. 871/1467) (whose great-grandson 'Abd al-Ra'uf al-Munawi would write a commentary on al-Suyuti's Al-Jami' al-Saghir titled Fayd al-Qadir).
Ibn Amir al-Hajj (d. 879/1474).
Ibn Qutlubugha (d. 879/1474).
Badr al-Din Abu al-Yusr Muhammad ibn al-Ghars (d. 894/1488).
Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi (d. 902/1497).
Kamal al-Din ibn Abi Sharif (d. 905-906/1499-1500).
Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (d. 911/1505).
Zakariyya al-Ansari (d. 926/1520).

Books

Among his well-known writings are:

Fath al-Qadeer lil-'Ajiz al-Faqeer (Arabic: فتح القدير للعاجز الفقير).^[6]
Al-Musayara fi al-'Aqaid al-Munjiya fi al-Akhira (Arabic: المسايرة في العقائد المنجية في الآخرة), a Maturidi theological treatise that follows the sequence of Imam al-Ghazali's tract on dogmatic theology called al-Risala al-Qudsiyya (The Jerusalem Epistle); hence, the name al-Musāyarah (the Pursuit).^[16]
Zad al-Faqeer (Arabic: زاد الفقير), a treatise on the rulings of prayer and purification.

References

^ David Dean Commins (1990). Islamic Reform: Politics and Social Change in Late Ottoman Syria. Oxford University Press. p. 74. ISBN 9780195362947.
^ Sherman A. Jackson (2009). Islam and the Problem of Black Suffering. Oxford University Press. p. 102. ISBN 9780195382068.
^ "The Biography of Imam al-Kamal ibn al-Humam". Dar al-Ifta' al-Misriyya.
^ Cenap Çakmak (2017). Islam: A Worldwide Encyclopedia [4 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 1015. ISBN 9781610692175.
^ Baber Johansen (1999). Contingency in a Sacred Law: Legal and Ethical Norms in the Muslim Fiqh. Brill Publishers. p. 148. ISBN 9789004106031.
^ ^a ^b "Fath al Qadir: 10 Volumes, Arabic". Madani Propagation.
^ "The Life and Works of al-Kamāl Ibn al-Humām". Ahnaf Blog.
^ "Al-'Alam by al-Zirikli". shamela.ws.
^ ^a ^b John L. Esposito (2004). The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford University Press. p. 152. ISBN 9780199757268.
^ Abdul Azim Islahi (2014). History of Islamic Economic Thought: Contributions of Muslim Scholars to Economic Thought and Analysis. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 43. ISBN 9781784711382.
^ "The Life and Works of al-Kamāl Ibn al-Humām". Ahnaf Blog.
^ "The Biography of Ibn al-Humam". The Oxford Dictionary of Islam - Oxford Islamic Studies Online.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "The Biography of Imam al-Kamal ibn al-Humam". Dar al-Ifta' al-Misriyya.
^ "The Life and Works of al-Kamāl Ibn al-Humām". Ahnaf Blog.
^ "The Biography of Imam al-Kamal ibn al-Humam". Dar al-Ifta' al-Misriyya.
^ "The Life and Works of al-Kamāl Ibn al-Humām". Ahnaf Blog.

External links

The Life and Works of al-Kamāl Ibn al-Humām [Archived 12 February 2024 at archive.today]
Al-Kamal ibn al-Humam and His Book: Fath al-Qadeer (in Arabic)

[1] David Dean Commins (1990). Islamic Reform: Politics and Social Change in Late Ottoman Syria. Oxford University Press. p. 74. ISBN 9780195362947.

[2] Sherman A. Jackson (2009). Islam and the Problem of Black Suffering. Oxford University Press. p. 102. ISBN 9780195382068.

[3] "The Biography of Imam al-Kamal ibn al-Humam". Dar al-Ifta' al-Misriyya.

[4] Cenap Çakmak (2017). Islam: A Worldwide Encyclopedia [4 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 1015. ISBN 9781610692175.

[Johansen-5] Baber Johansen (1999). Contingency in a Sacred Law: Legal and Ethical Norms in the Muslim Fiqh. Brill Publishers. p. 148. ISBN 9789004106031.

[Madani-6] "Fath al Qadir: 10 Volumes, Arabic". Madani Propagation.

[7] "The Life and Works of al-Kamāl Ibn al-Humām". Ahnaf Blog.

[8] "Al-'Alam by al-Zirikli". shamela.ws.

[OxfordDictionary-9] John L. Esposito (2004). The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford University Press. p. 152. ISBN 9780199757268.

[10] Abdul Azim Islahi (2014). History of Islamic Economic Thought: Contributions of Muslim Scholars to Economic Thought and Analysis. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 43. ISBN 9781784711382.

[11] "The Life and Works of al-Kamāl Ibn al-Humām". Ahnaf Blog.

[12] "The Biography of Ibn al-Humam". The Oxford Dictionary of Islam - Oxford Islamic Studies Online.^{[dead link‍]}

[13] "The Biography of Imam al-Kamal ibn al-Humam". Dar al-Ifta' al-Misriyya.

[14] "The Life and Works of al-Kamāl Ibn al-Humām". Ahnaf Blog.

[15] "The Biography of Imam al-Kamal ibn al-Humam". Dar al-Ifta' al-Misriyya.

[16] "The Life and Works of al-Kamāl Ibn al-Humām". Ahnaf Blog.

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