• Source: Shams al-Din al-Kirmani

Abū 'Abd Allāh Shams al" target="_blank">al-Din Muḥammad b. Yūsuf b. ʿal" target="_blank">Alī al" target="_blank">al-Kirmāni, better known as Shams al" target="_blank">al-Din al" target="_blank">al-Kirmani (Arabic: شمس الدين الكرماني, romanized: Shams al" target="_blank">al-Dīn al" target="_blank">al-Kirmānī; 1317 – 1384) was a Sunni Muslim scholar originally from Kerman. He was a distinguished scholar who specialized in a number of Islamic sciences including Hadith, Islamic jurisprudence, legal theory, Quran exegesis, Arabic, and scholastic theology. He wrote al" target="_blank">Al-Kawkab al" target="_blank">al-Darrari, a classical and renowned commentary on Sahih al" target="_blank">al-Bukhari.




Life


Born around 717 AH/1317 CE in Kerman, he began his education there under the guidance of his father, Baha al" target="_blank">al-Din. Later, he studied rational and Arabic sciences for twelve years under Adud al" target="_blank">al-Din al" target="_blank">al-Iji in Shiraz. After that, al" target="_blank">al-Kirmani travelled to Egypt and Syria in order to study Hadith. He devoted his time there to learning the science, and as a result, he rose to prominence in his era as a muhaddith. He made his home in Baghdad and spent the final thirty years of his life there spreading knowledge. He lived in a humble, frugal and ascetic lifestyle. The sultans would visit his home seeking prayers and advice from him. al" target="_blank">Al-Kirmani performed Umrah and died returning from Hajj in the year 786 AH/1384 CE. His body was transported to Baghdad, and was buried in a grave he had prepared for himself, near Abu Ishaq al" target="_blank">al-Shirazi.




Works


al" target="_blank">Al-Kirmani wrote several commentaries of well-known works written by his master Adud al" target="_blank">al-Din al" target="_blank">al-Iji including a commentary on ethics Akhlaq al" target="_blank">al-Adudiyya. He wrote a commentary on theology, al" target="_blank">Al-Mawāqif fī 'ilm al" target="_blank">al-kalām as well as Iji's work on rhetoric al" target="_blank">al-Fawa'id al" target="_blank">al-Ghiyathiyya. al" target="_blank">Al-Kirmani was known for his expertise in the interpretation on the Quran as he wrote a commentary on Anwar al" target="_blank">al-Tanzil wa-Asrar al" target="_blank">al-Ta'wil by al" target="_blank">al-Baydawi as well as a commentary on al" target="_blank">Al-Kashshaaf by al" target="_blank">al-Zamakhshari. al" target="_blank">Al-Kirmani classified Arabic works and composed a book on logic.




See also


List of Ash'aris
List of Muslim theologians




References

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• Da'i al-Mutlaq
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