Zayn al-Din al-Juba'i al'Amili
Zayn al-Dīn al-Juba'ī al-Ṭalluṣī al'Amilī, also known as ash-Shahīd ath-Thanī was a Twelver Shia Muslim scholar.
Early life
He was born Zayn al-Dīn bin Nur al-Dīn 'Alī bin Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin 'Alī bin Jamal al-Dīn bin Taqī bin Sāliḥ bin Mushrif al-'Amilī al-Shamī al-Ṭalluṣī al-Juba'ī, in the village of Jbaa, on the 13th of Shawwal, 911 AH. His father, Sheikh Nur al-Din 'Ali was also a scholar.His ancestor, Sāliḥ, was a student of Allamah al-Hilli.
Career and travels
Thani studied under both Sunni and Shi'a scholars in Jabal 'Amel, Damascus, Cairo, Jerusalem.In 1536, he moved to Egypt, where he learned Usul al-Fiqh, geometry, prosody, medicine and logic.
In 1543, he traveled to Constantinople and met with Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Qāḍī Zāda al-Rūmī, with whom he shared multiple treatises relating to several subjects, including mathematics, astronomy and religion. The latter offered him the highest teaching position in a school of his choice, which was eventually the Nuriyya School of Baalbek.