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Al-Nawawi

1233 - 1278

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Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi (Arabic: يحيى بن شرف النووي, romanized: Yaḥyā ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī;‎ (631A.H-676A.H) (October 1230–21 December 1277) was a Sunni Shafi'ite jurist and hadith scholar. Al-Nawawi died at the relatively early age of 45. Despite this, he authored numerous and lengthy works ranging from hadith, to theology, biography, and jurisprudence that are still read to this day. Al-Nawawi, along with Abu al-Qasim al-Rafi'i, are leading jurists of the earlier classical age, known by the Shafi'i school as the Two Shaykhs (al-Shaykhayn). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Nawawi is the 10th most popular lawyer, the 16th most popular biography from Syria (up from 17th in 2019) and the most popular Syrian Lawyer.

Al-Nawawi was most famous for his book "al-Minhaj fi Sharh Sahih Muslim" which is a commentary on Sahih Muslim.

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Among lawyers, Al-Nawawi ranks 10 out of 136. Before him are Carlo Buonaparte, Louis Renault, John F. Kennedy Jr., Henri La Fontaine, Ulpian, and Gaius. After him are Aemilius Papinianus, Tobias Asser, Paul Alexander, J. Edgar Hoover, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., and Merrick Garland.

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Among people born in 1233, Al-Nawawi ranks 2. Before him is Ottokar II of Bohemia. After him are Rose of Viterbo, and Ibn Manzur. Among people deceased in 1278, Al-Nawawi ranks 2. Before him is Ottokar II of Bohemia. After him are William of Villehardouin, Madhvacharya, Emperor Duanzong, Bolesław II the Horned, Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania, and Peire Cardenal.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Al-Nawawi ranks 16 out of 210. Before him are Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Apollodorus of Damascus (50), Julia Domna (160), Abd al-Rahman I (731), Ibn Kathir (1301), and John Climacus (579). After him are Marwan II (688), Aemilius Papinianus (142), Iamblichus (245), Al-Adil I (1145), Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), and Muawiya II (661).

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Among LAWYERS In Syria

Among lawyers born in Syria, Al-Nawawi ranks 1. After him are Aemilius Papinianus (142).

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