Al-Sakhawi
Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Sakhāwī was a Shafi‘i Muslim hadith scholar and historian who was born in Cairo. Al-Sakhawi refers to the village of Sakha in Egypt, where his relatives belonged. He was a prolific writer that excelled in the knowledge of hadith, ''tafsir,'' literature, and history. His work was also anthropological. For example, in Egypt he recorded the marital history of 500 women, the largest sample on marriage in the Middle Ages, and found that at least a third of all women in the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt and the Bilad al-Sham married more than once, with many marrying three or more times. According to al-Sakhawi, as many as three out of ten marriages in 15th century Cairo ended in divorce. His proficiency in hadith has its influences trace back heavily on his Shaykh al-Hafiz, ibn Hajar al-`Asqalani. He died in Medina.
Works
About Hadith
- Al-Jawāhir al-Mukallalah fī al-Aḥādīth al-Musalsalah '
- Al-Ghāyah fī Sharḥ al-Hidāyah fī ʿIlm al-Riwāyah li-Ibn al-Jazarī '
- Sharḥ al-Taqrīb wa al-Taysīr li-Maʿrifat al-Bashīr wa al-Nadhīr lil-Nawawī '
- Sharḥ al-Shamāʾil al-Nabawiyyah li-Al-Tirmidhī '
- Al-Tuḥfah al-Manīfah fīmā Waqaʿa min Ḥadīth Abī Ḥanīfah '
- Al-Tawḍīḥ al-Abhar li-Tadhkirat Ibn al-Mulaqqin fī ʿIlm al-Athar '
- Fatḥ al-Mughīth bi-Sharḥ Alfiyyat al-Ḥadīth ', a monumental commentary on Alfiyya of al-Iraqi by Zain al-Din al-Iraqi.
- Al-Qawl al-Badīʿ fī Faḍl al-Ṣalāh ʿalā al-Ḥabīb al-Shafīʿ '
- Al-Maqāṣid al-Ḥasanah fī al-Aḥādīth al-Mushtahirah ʿalā al-Alsinah ''''
About History and Biographies
- Al-Ḍawʾ al-Lāmiʿ fī Aʿyān al-Qarn al-Tāsiʿ '
- Al-Tibr al-Masbūk fī Dhayl al-Sulūk '
- Buġyat al-ʿUlamāʾ wa al-Ruwāt fī Akhbār al-Quḍāt
- Al-Iʿlān bi al-Tawbīkh li-man Dhamm Ahl al-Tawārīkh
- Al-Jawāhir wa al-Durar fī Tarjamat Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Ḥajar ''''