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Also written as: شيخ الإسلام أبي يحيى زكريا بن محمد بن أحمد الأنصاري الشافعي
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824 – 926 AH / 1421/22 – 1520 CE No. 19, 21 in the chains from the Prophet ﷺ مصر
Shaykh al-Islam, born at Sunayka in Egypt's Sharqiyya; he studied under Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani and al-Jalal al-Mahalli and read the seven readings under Ridwan al-Uqbi. He served as chief Shafi'i judge under Sultan Qaytbay for about twenty years and wrote Tuhfat al-Bari, Asna al-Matalib and Manhaj al-Tullab.
Each route above this person as the published certificates write it, with its own number; the smallest number is the highest chain.
1. no. 19 from the Prophet ﷺ · through محمد بن أحمد بن علي الكاتب · عاصم براوييه شعبة وحفص · on one certificate
2. no. 21 from the Prophet ﷺ · through أبي الفتح فارس بن أحمد بن موسى بن عمران · القراءات العشر الصغرى · on one certificate
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