Ibn al-Mulaqqin was known for his voluminous scholarship on Hadith and Fiqh.
16 Facts About Ibn al-Mulaqqin
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Ibn al-Mulaqqin was a theologian, teacher, an expert in the Arabic language and a leading prolific writer who wrote on numerous subjects.
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Ibn al-Mulaqqin memorised the whole Quran at a young age and studied famous books like Umdatul Ahkam in hadith and al-Minhaj in fiqh.
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Ibn al-Mulaqqin's stepfather decided he should study the Maliki jurisprudence, but his friends and colleagues advised him that he to be educated in the Shafi'i jurisprudence due to the fact that there were greater opportunities for employment in the Mamluk Sultanate.
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Ibn al-Mulaqqin travelled to Cairo, Alexandria, Aleppo, Damascus, Jerusalem, Hejaz and Yemen studying under numerous scholars.
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Ibn al-Mulaqqin studied under the prominent scholars of his time:.
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Ibn al-Mulaqqin was appointed as the Shafi'i judge in the eastern district of Egypt and deputy chief judge in Cairo.
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Ibn al-Mulaqqin became a teacher at the mausoleum of al-Salih and taught Shafi'i jurisprudence there.
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Ibn al-Mulaqqin was given several preaching positions where he undertook them including at the al-Hakim mosque: and he taught hadith briefly in Dar al-Hadith in the Kaliliyya madrasa.
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Ibn al-Mulaqqin produced numerous scholars and some of his famous students include:.
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Ibn al-Mulaqqin had a passion for writing and absolutely loved books.
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Ibn al-Mulaqqin was buried in the Sufi cemetery near his father outside of the Bab al-Nasr, in Cairo.
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Ibn al-Mulaqqin was a practising Sufi who transmitted the khirqa and Ibn al-Mulaqqin claimed to have met the famous immortal saint called Al-Khadir on two occasions.
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The Syrian scholar, Ibn al-Mulaqqin Hijji called him a sloppy scholar and accused him for plagiarism.
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Ibn al-Mulaqqin stated that God gifted him with love for legal sciences especially in Hadith where he devoted most of his literary efforts.
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Ibn al-Mulaqqin earned his spot as "one of the three great marvels of his age" with himself being known as the greatest prolific writer and the other two being Siraj al-Din al-Bulqini who was known as the greatest Shafi'i jurist and Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi who was known as the greatest hadith scholar.